Kate Lindsey

Kate Lindsey (born Richmond, Virginia) is a mezzo-soprano opera singer from the United States. Lindsey is a recent graduate of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.

Roles

As a Gerdine Young Artist at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, she performed as Stéphano in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, Rosina in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and Mercédès in Bizet’s Carmen.

As part of the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann program, she made her debut as Javotte in Massenet’s Manon, and also played Tebaldo in Verdi's Don Carlos and Siebel in Gounod's Faust. As a company member, starting in 2007, she has played Cherubino in Mozart’s Nozze di Figaro, Stéphano in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, the Madrigal Singer in Puccini's Manon Lescaut, Second Lady in Mozart's The Magic Flute (English version), Kitchen Boy in Dvořák's Rusalka, and Wellgunde in Wagner's Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung.

She is currently appearing at the Met as Nicklausse in Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann, directed by Bart Sher and conducted by James Levine.

In 2008, she also sang the role of Cherubino in Mozart’s Nozze di Figaro at the Opéra de Lille, conducted by Emmanuelle Haim, and Ascanius in Berlioz’s Les Troyens with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and at the Tanglewood Music Festival, both conducted by James Levine.

In 2009, she also sang the role of Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni with the Santa Fe Opera.

She has also performed at the Boston Lyric Opera and the Wolf Trap Opera.

She has also made numerous concert performances. She performed the roles of the Female Cat and the Squirrel in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les sortileges at Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Loren Maazel, and sang the Elliott Carter song cycle In the Distances of Sleep at Tanglewood with Levine.

Upcoming Engagements

• Nicklausse in Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann at the Metropolitan Opera
• * Nicklausse in Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann at the Santa Fe Opera
• Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro at Bayerische Staatsoper
• Amelia in Amelia (opera) at the Seattle Opera
• Nancy in Benjamin Britten's Albert Herring

References

• Singer's Page
• bio at Seattle Opera]