Katherine Haataja

Katherine Elina Haataja (née Hannikainen; February 16, 1969) is a Finnish-Swedish mezzo-soprano and entrepreneur, known for her work advocating for young opera artists.

Mozart, Angelina in La Cenerentola by G. Rossini, Tigrinda in Orlando finto pazzo by A. Vivaldi and Carlotta in Die schweigsame Frau by Richard Strauss.

[5] She has worked with conductors and directors Steven Devine, Steuart Bedford, Elgar Howarth, Stephen Unwin and David Fielding.

She also teaches privately, coaches at master classes and contributes as jury member at international singing competitions.

The inaugural festival was held in 2007 with fully staged performances of Don Giovanni by Mozart at the Euxinograd castle in Varna on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria.