About
Kristina Ammattil is a south-Indian soprano and a recent recipient of the Tracey Chadwell Memorial Prize from Guildhall School for excellence in vocal performance of Contemporary music. Over 2024/25, Kristina was a Young Artist with Waterperry Opera, Soloist for India’s Premier of Haydn’s The Creation with Madras Guild of Performing Arts (October), Chorus in Strauss’ Die Fledermaus with Guildhall Opera School (November), Soloist for Louis Andriessen’s De Stijl with UBU Ensemble under Simon Wills (January), Procris (Elisabeth Jacquet’s Cephale et Procris) and Berenice (Antonio Cesti’s Il Tito) in HP Opera Scenes (March), Soloist in Handel’s The Messiah with Tonbridge Philharmonic Society (April), and Soloist in Julian Anderson’s Mitternachtslied with BCMG at the Raffael Court, V&A Museum (July).
Recent and upcoming engagements include: Young Artist with Pegasus Opera Mentoring Programme 2025/26, Chorus/Echo in Handel’s Giustino at the Royal Ballet and Opera Linbury Theatre directed by David Bates, and title role in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea with Hampstead Garden Opera. Kristina has been generously supported by the Leverhulme Arts Trust and Inlaks Foundation. She holds a choral scholarship with St. Mary’s Church and directs the local Junior Choir.