Polish-Canadian soprano Julia Debowska, born in Toronto, is admired for her dark timbre and intense musicality. Most recently she appeared in July 2026 at the Brotfabrik Berlin as Mimì (La Bohème, G. Puccini). In February 2026 she made her debut at the Wiener Konzerthaus with Martin Kerschbaum and the Wiener Stadtorchester.

Further artistic highlights include the role of Wellgunde in Wagner’s Das Rheingold at the HfM Hanns Eisler Berlin (2025), Lia in Debussy’s L’enfant prodigue at the FIDENA Festival Bochum, and her appearance in 2021 in the world premiere of Physical Education by J. Pranelyte at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. With her debut as Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) at the Konzerthaus Berlin, accompanied by the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Staatstheater Cottbus, she consolidated her reputation in the lyric repertoire.

Her operatic repertoire also includes roles such as Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Micaëla (Carmen), Agathe (Der Freischütz), Liù (Turandot), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) and the Contessa (Le nozze di Figaro). As a concert singer she has performed at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival and in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York.

Julia Debowska completed her Master’s degree at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin in the class of Prof. Renate Faltin and Prof. Thomas Quasthoff. Before her studies she was a pre-college voice student at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Canada, in its programme for gifted young musicians. She is a First Prize winner of the Wiener Klassik Competition 2026, Sixth Prize at the Nomea Opera Competition 2026, Third Prize at the International Giulio Perotti Voice Competition and First Prize at the Canadian Music Competition, and she is supported by the Lucia Loeser Foundation and Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Berlin.