The most exciting and rewarding part of this profession is the challenging task of understanding the composer‘s intention and then serving as a kind of bridge between this vision and the audience. Your interpretation rarely ends up perfect which leaves you hungry for more! Josefine Mindus

During the 2020/2021  and 2021/2022 seasons, Josefine Mindus is a member of Komische Oper Berlin‘s opera studio. In October 2020, she made her company debut singing Papagena in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte under the baton of Ainārs Rubiķis. Her repertoire includes Une Femme de Palais in Enescu’s Œdipe, Amore in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, Zerlina in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Susanna in a Covid-version of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro.

The soprano gained her first operatic experiences in productions of Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hanover, Germany: in Offenbach’s La vie parisienne, as Hotel Boy in Martinů’s Juliette and Barbarina in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro. In 2019, she performed the part of Susanna in Hindemith’s Sancta Susanna at Musikhochschule Hamburg.

Josefine Mindus has been recognised as a composer in her homeland Sweden. In 2013, one of her works accompanied the entry of the Swedish King and Queen at the opening ceremony of the parliament in Stockholm. In 2015, Josefine Mindus represented Sweden at the “Ung Nordisk Musik”-Festival in Helsinki. In 2017, her children opera När Värdshuset Lyckosten fick Annorlunda besök was premiered at Vadstena Gamla Teater with nine following performances.

In 2020, Josefine Mindus gave a lied recital at Theater Chemnitz, accompanied by her duo partner pianist Emanuel Ratiu.

Second Prize (Bachelor): Hochschule für Theater und Medien Hannover Competition 2021

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