The Romanian-Hungarian mezzo-soprano Judit Kutasi with her “deeper, dark” (Jenny Camilleri/ Bachtrack) voice is one of the most up-and-coming singers in her repertoire and leads critics to predict that she “will be the Verdi mezzo of the next years” (Maximilian Maier / BR Klassik). Her 2024/25 season commences with a return to San Francisco Opera as Ulrica in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera. This new-to-San Francisco Opera production directed by Leo Muscato and conducted by Eun Sun Kim marks a thrilling return to Verdi’s drama. Kutasi also returns to the Metropolitan Opera, where she performs the role of Amneris in Verdi’s Aïda in a new staging by Michael Mayer. She sees futher performances of Amneris at Berlin’s Deutsche Oper in a production by Benedikt von Peter and under the baton of Paolo Arrivabeni. The season culminates with Kutasi’s house debut at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, where she takes on the role of the Principessa de Bouillon in a new production of Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur, under the musical direction of Giampaolo Bisanti.
