Hailed by the Boston Globe as “balmy-voiced” and for her “uniformly excellent” performances, mezzo-soprano Katherine Beck makes her role debut as Adalgisa in Norma with Madison Opera and a return to Opera Colorado as Dorabella in Così fan tutte in the 2026-27 season. She also sings a New Year’s program of American music with the Orchestre national de France with Enrique Mazzola conducting and Handel’s Messiah with the Santa Fe Symphony. Last season, she returned to Rossini, making a debut at Opera Philadelphia as Marquise Melibea in Il viaggio a Reims and rejoining Arizona Opera as Angelina in La cenerentola. 

 

In recent seasons, she made a return to Arizona Opera for Dorabella in Così fan tutte and subsequently to create the role of Elizabeth Lavenza in the world premiere of Kallor’s Frankenstein. She sang Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Minnesota Opera and Florentine Opera, joined the Opera Festival of Chicago as Isabella in Rossini’s rarely-performed L’inganno felice, and sang her first performances of Lola in Cavalleria rusticana with James Gaffigan conducting the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. She sang Myrrhine in Adamo’s Lysistrata with Odyssey Opera, a recording of which was recently released on the Pentatone label. She also joined the Lyric Opera of Chicago for its productions of Le comte Ory and La cenerentola, Metropolitan Opera for Akhnaten, and Dallas Opera for Così fan tutte. Her recent concert performances include Handel’s Messiah with the Nashville Symphony and Florida Orchestra.