Mezzo-Soprano

Karolina Csáthy is in regular demand as a choral and solo singer and has performed across four continents in venues such as Abbey Road Angel Studios, The Royal Albert Hall, The Barbican, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (Australia), Sinfonia Smith Square, St Matthias Church (Budapest) and the Stockey Centre (Canada). She is particularly privileged to perform and record the compositions of contemporary composers such as Maria Antal, Paul Ayres, Stephane Crayton, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi and Owain Park.

Karolina began singing lessons with Jenny Jonas during secondary school and later attended a choral residential course with The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, changing the course of her life: in 2015 she was offered a place to read Music at Trinity College as well as a choral scholarship under Stephen Layton.

Alongside the intensive choir schedule, Karolina also performed operatic roles in The Rape of Lucretia (Britten), The Rake’s Progress (Stravinsky), Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck), L’Orfeo (Monteverdi), Suor Angelica (Puccini) and Die Zauberflöte (Mozart). Other solo highlights include Bach’s St Matthew Passion, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solenelle and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.  

After graduation, Karolina was awarded the Postgraduate Vocal Studies Fund, which enabled her to sing as a lay clerk with the choir whilst continuing her vocal studies with Sheila Barnes. Since university, she has sung for distinguished conductors such as David Hill, Daniel Hyde, Andrew Leach, Robert Hollingworth and Owain Park. She has enjoyed many solo appearances including Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem, Palmeri’s Misa a Buenos Aires, Stravinsky’s Mass and Vivaldi’s Gloria.

From January 2025 she sang as a permanent lay clerk of the Choir of St Albans cathedral, making her the first woman in history to be appointed for this post.

Karolina has actively participated in masterclasses with Susan Gritton, David Jones, Mary Plazas, Patricia Rozario and has studied with Isabel Leonard and Zita Váradi. She very much enjoys developing others’ voices and as well as having her own students, has given singing and ensemble workshops across choirs in the UK.