British mezzo-soprano Anita Monserrat divides her time between London and Vienna, where she is currently studying for an MA in Opera at the University for Music and Performing Arts (MdW) under the tutelage of KS Michael Schade and Laura Aikin. Anita recently won both the Emmerich-Smola Förderpreis and the Orchesterpreis der Deutschen Radio Philharmonie at the 2024 SWR Junge Opernstars. In 2023, Anita was a semifinalist at the 30th edition of the Operalia competition, held in Cape Town, and she was also a member of the Young Singer’s Project at the Salzburger Festspiele, performing in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges. Recent engagements also include ‘Christmas in Vienna’ at the Wiener Konzerthaus, performing alongside Joyce DiDonato and Lawrence Brownlee, and covering the role of Ino in the Lille Opera House production of Semele, under the direction of Emmanuelle Haïm. Anita was a finalist in both the 2023 Kathleen Ferrier Awards and the 2022 Handel Singing Competition. In September, Anita will join the Wiener Staatsoper Opernstudio for the 24/5 and 25/6 seasons.

Recent concert highlights include Bach’s St John Passion at the Barbican with Britten Sinfonia, soloist for ‘Easter at King’s’ as seen on BBC2, Bach’s St John Passion with Philippe Herreweghe, Handel’s Dixit Dominus with John Butt, Vivaldi’s Gloria with the Academy of Ancient Music, Bach’s Magnificat with Britten Sinfonia, soloist for the Royal Academy of Music’s Manson Ensemble with Jessica Cottis and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with Iain Ledingham. Anita has participated in many public masterclasses with artists such as KS Neil Shicoff, Malcolm Martineau, Catherine Wyn-Rogers and Mary Bevan.

Anita began singing as chorister and head chorister of Salisbury Cathedral Girls Choir. She held a choral scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge, where she read music. She then studied at the Royal Academy of Music, under the tutelage of Alex Ashworth and Catherine Wyn-Rogers. Anita graduated from the Academy with distinction, being awarded a DipRAM for her final recital.