Karola Sophia Schmid

The soprano Karola Sophia Schmid is at home both on the opera stage and in concert. In addition to permanent engagements at the state theatres in Kassel and Darmstadt, she has made guest appearances at the Cologne Opera, the Mannheim National Theatre, the Hanover State Opera and regularly at the Kiel Theatre, where she has worked with conductors such as Václav Luks, Rubén Dubrovsky, Yoel Gamzou and Sir Jeffrey Tate. Highlights of the current season include Micaëla in a new production of "Carmen" (directed by Vera Nemirova, conducted by Marcus Bosch) and a historically informed tour of Wagner‘s „Walküre“ under the baton of Kent Nagano with Concerto Köln, leading her to places such as Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, or Prague State Opera. She is also singing Pamina ("The Ma