Viktorija Kaminskaite

Viktorija Kaminskaité won first prize at the Albert Lortzing Competition in Leipzig in 2006. In 2005 she was awarded a scholarship to study at the Komische Oper in Berlin, where she sang the role of Zerlina in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, staged by Peter Konwitschny and conducted by Kiril Petrenko. In 2008 she joined the ensemble of Leipzig Opera and since then has sung many principal soprano roles to great acclaim. Later, after becoming a freelance singer, she continued to give guest appearances at Leipzig Opera. In 2013 she was invited by the Bayreuth Festival to sing the role of Dorella in Wagner’s comic opera Das Liebesverbot performed by the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester conducted by Constantin Trinks. During the 2015/16 season Viktorija Kaminsaité made her highly acclaimed debut at the Se