"Victoria Karkacheva’s Charlotte … embodied this same élan. Endowed with a majestic, wide‑ranging vocal range, the Russian mezzo portrayed Charlotte as strong and impetuous." - Première Loge
"Beautiful timbre, with full centres and well‑timed treble rise." - OperaClick

‍In the 2026/2027 season, Victoria Karkacheva makes her debut as Néris Médée at the Metropolitan Opera, preceded by her performance of Dorabella Così fan tutte at Salzburger Festspiele. Other engagements include Sonyetka Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk for Opéra national de Paris, Hanna May Night for Opéra national de Lyon, the return to Bayerische Staatsoper as Polina The Queen of Spades, and Jocasta in Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex with Orquestra Gulbenkian in Lisbon. 

Season 25/26 saw Karkacheva’s debuts as Carmen at both the Wiener Staatsoper and the Opéra national de Paris, affirming her place among the most compelling mezzos of her generation. Other highlights included Venus Tannhäuser at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Nicklausse Les Contes d’Hoffmann at Opéra national de Lyon, Marguerite La Damnation de Faust at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Charlotte Werther at the Canadian Opera Company, Carmen at Maifestspiele Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Maddalena Rigoletto at Philharmonie de Paris with Le Cercle de L’Harmonie orchestra, and Judith Bluebeard’s Castle in concert with the Gürzenich Orchestra in Cologne.

Previous highlights include Charlotte Werther at Teatro alla Scala, Olga Eugene Onegin and Judith Bluebeard’s Castle at Gran Teatre del Liceu and Teatro Real Madrid, the latter also at Opéra National de Lyon, along with a series of acclaimed roles at the Bayerische Staatsoper, including her recent role debut as Pénélope in Fauré’s Pénélope, Polina The Queen of Spades and Hélène War and Peace. 

On the concert stage, she has appeared with the Berliner Philharmoniker under Kirill Petrenko in Iolanta, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with the Helsinki Philharmonic.

Victoria Karkacheva is the recipient of First Prize and the Birgit Nilsson Prize at Operalia 2021, and First Prize at the Tenor Viñas Competition 2020