Since her early years, Belgian-Portuguese mezzo-soprano, Catarina Sereno has been passionate about the stage art forms, with a particular interest in classical music.

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Catarina started her musical training in her home town, Coimbra, followed by Escola das Artes in Porto, before graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, on a Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation scholarship.

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During her training years, Catarina attended masterclasses with Dame Kiri te Kanawa, Sarah Walker, Malcolm Martineau, Elizabeth Connell, and is an ENOA alumni.

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Catarina’s career began as a lyric soprano before transitioning to the mezzo-soprano repertoire. She has sung, among others, the roles of Maria in Piazzolla's Maria de Buenos Aires, Irma in Charpentier's Louise, Tatyana in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Pamina in the Flute Magica, Medoro in Orlando Generoso by Steffani and the monologue La voix humaine by Francis Poulenc, in addition to performing for companies such as Grange Park Opera and Buxton Opera Festival.

In contemporary opera, Catarina premiered as Circe in Viagron by Gieshoff for the Tete-a-Tete Festival and sang Voce 4 in Laborintus II by Berio with LSO St Luke’s.

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Catarina collaborates as a 'freelance ensemble singer' with opera houses La Monnaie and Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, working with directors such as Alain Platel, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Damiano Michieletto, Olivier Pi, amogst many other notable directors.

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As an Oratory soloist, Catarina has performed Mozart's Requiem, Bach's Magnificat, Vivaldi's Gloria, Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate and Vesperae Solennes and Mozart's Misa Brevis K25 broadcast on British radio BBC 4.

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Catarina nurtures a special interest in the recital format and repertoire, having performed at the Museu da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, at the United Musicians of Brussels, Festival de Música de Aveiro – Olhares de Outono/Antena 2, Grande Sala do CNM de Brussels, St Martins-in-the-Fields, Windsor Society, and collaborated with the cello octet Cellophony.