DeutschGerman-Italian mezzo-soprano based in Berlin and Athens, is celebrated for her “richly colored voice” and “distinctive dramatic presence”. Highlights of the 2024/25 season include Verdi's Requiem in the Berlin Philharmonie, Mahler's Symphony No. 2 and new specialist roles such as Erda, Amneris and Principessa Bouillon in Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur.
In 2024, she performed with the EU-funded project ALMA MUSICA and the concert series EUROPA UNITA (Culture Moves Europe) in Venice (Lido di Venezia), Vittorio Veneto (Museo della Battaglia), Udine (Teatro Benois De Cecco), the UNESCO World Heritage Site Follina Monastery and the Konzerthaus Berlin.
She previously made her debut as Santuzza (Teatro Mancinelli) as a scholarship holder of the GVL (2021) and the German Music Council/Neustart Kultur (2022) and expanded her Rossini repertoire with the role of Falliero (Bianca e Falliero).
Her concert repertoire includes alto and mezzo roles from baroque to modern, including Bach's oratorios, Handel's Messiah, Mozart's Coronation Mass, Rossini's Petite Messe solennelle and Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius. Her expressiveness and dramatic intensity have also attracted particular attention in contemporary music: among others, she created Roger Matscheizik's vorLetzte Lieder (Musikfest Bremen), Saskia Bladt's eingebrannt (Festakt Akademie Musiktheater heute) and sang the role of Unbekannte in the European premiere of Marc Blitzstein's Triple-Sec (Festival Mythos Berlin).
Engagements have taken her to the Frankfurt Opera, the Hanover State Opera, the Bremen Theater, the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, the Mozartfest Würzburg, the Konzerthaus Berlin and the Philharmonie Berlin, among others. Her opera repertoire includes Hänsel, Orlovsky, Dorabella, Siegrune, Zweite Norne, Adalgisa, Madame Flora, Baba the Turk, Carmen and Charlotte.
Ricarda Gross-Khachaturian studied at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Tartini in Trieste and at the Musikhochschule Würzburg, where she graduated in concert and music theater. She received important artistic impulses from Grace Bumbry and Cheryl Studer, among others.