Karina Bray

Biography

German-Canadian mezzo-soprano Karina Bray performs internationally across North America and Europe. Her roles include Fricka (cover), Roßweiße, Wellgunde, and the Second Norn in Wagner’s Ring cycle; Knusperhexe in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel; La Ciesca in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi; Flora Bervoix in Verdi’s La Traviata; and Azucena (cover) in Il trovatore.

A 2023 Richard Wagner Stipendienstiftung recipient representing Canada in Bayreuth, Ms. Bray was one of four singers worldwide selected for the 2022 Bayreuther Festspiele Masterclass with Catherine Foster, culminating in a concert at Villa Wahnfried on Wagner’s original piano. In 2026, she was a quarterfinalist in the inaugural Wagner Stimmen Competition.

Her recordings include Elgar’s Sea Pictures, Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre, Kuula's 3 Songs, Opus 2, and Michael Head’s Over the Rim of the Moon. Ms. Bray is also the first woman in the world to record the entirety of Vaughan Williams’ Songs of Travel. She studies with Jean MacPhail in Toronto.