Barbara di Castri was born in Italy. Her repertoire includes Rosina in Il varbiere di Siviglia, Isabella in L'Italiana in Algeri, Marie in Moise et Pharaon, Isaura in Tancredi, Arsace in Semiramide (Rossini), Baronessa di Champigny in Il cappello di paglia di Firenze (Rota), the title role in Carmen (Bizet), Maddalena in Rigoletto (Verdi), Baba the Turk in The Rake's Progress (Stravinsky) and other roles. She performs at La Scala in Milan and the opera houses of Paris, Jesi, Bad Wilbad, Stresa, Bologna, Lisbon, Luxembourg, Edinburgh, Palermo, Salzburg, Chicago, Rome and others.

Her roles at the Israeli Opera:
Luisa Miller: Federica (2013)