Catalina was born in 1993 in Santiago, Chile. She began her formal studies in lyrical singing with the countertenor Luther Riobo in 2015, alongside her music studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, Chile, where she graduated as a Music Teacher, Bachelor of Sciences and Arts in Music, and Bachelor of Education. In 2021, she achieved a Master's degree in Classical and Contemporary Music Performance, specializing in singing, at the Liceu Conservatory, Spain. In 2023, she graduated with a second postgraduate degree from the same institution, a Master's in Opera, debuting the role of Despina in Mozart's Così fan tutte.
In Chile and abroad, she has been invited to sing as a soloist with various orchestras, instrumental and vocal groups, performing works such as: Mozart's Coronation Mass, Vivaldi's Gloria, Fauré's Requiem, Haydn's Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis Deo, Britten's Festival Te Deum, Mozart's Laudate Dominum from Vesperae solennes de confessore, El Cant de La Sibil•la, among others. She has participated in masterclasses with renowned teachers such as: Luciana Serra, Manuel Burgueras, Miquel Ortega, Salvatore Caputo, Adrian Thompson, Marta Pujol, Carlos Chausson, Dolors Aldea, Mark Hastings, Fiorenza Cedolinis, Eduard Giménez, Carmen Bustamante, and others. She currently works with the chorus of the Opera Foundation of Catalonia and studies with the Catalan mezzo-soprano Francesca Roig since 2023. Visit my blog (opening soon)
Despina in Così fan tutte – W. A. Mozart Liceu Conservatory / Barcelona / Spain / 2023 Premiere: May 4, 2023, Auditori Conservatori Liceu
Master's in Classical and Contemporary Music Interpretation, specializing in Singing Professor: Dolors Aldea / Repertoire Coach: Marta Pujol Liceu Conservatory / Barcelona / Spain / 2021 – 2022 Master’s recital: June 10, 2022, Auditori Conservatori Liceu
Bachelor's degree in Education and Pedagogy in Music Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso / Chile /
January 2025 : with Maestro Manuel Burgueras and Francesca Roig.
January/July/August 2024 : with Maestro Manuel Burgueras and Francesca Roig.
June 2024: EsÓpera with Daniel Gil de Tejada and Elisa Vélez.
September 2023: French opera with Miquel Ortega, AprÒpera.
August/October 2023: with Maestro Manuel Burgueras and Francesca Roig.
June 2023: with tenor Carlos Cosías in the Terrassa Canta course.
May 2023: Italian Belcanto with soprano Luciana Serra.
April 2023: Mélodie francaise with Valérie Guillorit.
April 2022: with Adrian Thompson.
March 2022: with Eduard Giménez. Operas by Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi and Rossini.
February 2022: with Carmen Bustamante. Catalan and Spanish song.
September 2020: with Maestro Salvatore Caputo / Bel Canto and Italian Sacred Music recital at the Cathédrale Saint- André / Bordeaux / France.
April 2019 - July 2019: Ópera Training Mattapeghó - Antonia in Les contes D'Hoffmann – J. Offenbach
Santiago / Chile /
"Cerraba el sexteto de protagonistas la soprano Catalina Filippi como una divertida y eficaz Despina, de voz fácil y homogénea y un sólido y bello registro agudo en una más que solvente actuación."
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