Catriona Morison

Scottish mezzo-soprano Catriona Morison gained widespread recognition in 2017 when she won the Main Prize and shared the Song Prize at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition. At that time she was a member of the opera ensemble in Wuppertal from 2016-2018, where she added a diverse range of roles to her repertoire, including Nicklausse, Charlotte, Hänsel, Maddalena, and Cherubino.
In 2015, Catriona Morison made her debut at the Salzburg Festival as part of the Young Singers Project.
Guest operatic engagements have led her to venues such as the Edinburgh International Festival, Oper Köln, Bergen Nasjonale Opera, and Staatsoper Hamburg. Recent additions to her operatic repertoire include Der Komponist in Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos and Fricka in Wagner’s Das Rheingold.
Catriona Morison places special emphasis on concert repertoire. She made her debut at the BBC Proms in 2019, performing Elgar‘s Sea Pictures with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Elim Chan. In 2022 she interpreted Detlev Glanert‘s Prague Symphony in the world premiere in Prague with further performances in Leipzig and London, conducted by Semyon Bychkov. Her 2023/24 engagements see her working with Jaap von Zweden, Vasily Petrenko, Fabio Luisi, Manfred Honeck, Klaus Mäkelä, Herbert Blomstedt, and Jakub Hr°uša in repertoire ranging from Beethoven to Mahler.
Song repertoire holds a profound significance for Catriona Morison, as demonstrated by her most recent CD The dark night has vanished featuring songs by E. Grieg, J. Brahms, Josephine Lang and R. Schumann, alongside Malcolm Martineau. She has captivated audiences at venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Edinburgh International Festival, Leeds Lieder Festival, Oxford Lieder Festival, Schubertíada Vilabertran, Heidelberger Frühling.