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'''Kate Lindsey''' (born November 12, 1981) is a [[mezzo-soprano]] [[opera]] singer from the United States. She is married to the documentary filmmaker [[Olly Lambert]] and lives in England.


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Lindsey was born in [[Richmond, Virginia]], and holds a Bachelor of Music Degree with Distinction from [[Indiana University]]. Her many awards include the 2007 [[Richard F. Gold Career Grant]], the 2007 George London Award in memory of [[Lloyd Rigler]], the 2007 [[Lincoln Center]] [[Martin E. Segal|Martin E. Segal Award]], and a 2006 [[Sullivan Foundation]] Grant. She was named Seattle Opera's Artist of the Year in 2010. She is a graduate of the [[Metropolitan Opera]]'s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.
{{Infobox musical artist|image=File:Kate_Lindsey_au_théâtre_de_la_ville_de_Valence_le_4_février_2018.jpg|genre=[[opera]]|instrument=vocals ([[mezzo-soprano]])|website=http://www.katelindsey.com}}
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'''Kate Lindsey''' (born 1980) is a [[mezzo-soprano]] [[opera]] singer from the United States. She is married to the documentary filmmaker Olly Lambert.


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Lindsey was born in [[Richmond, Virginia]], and holds a Bachelor of Music Degree with Distinction from [[Indiana University]]. Her many awards include the 2007 [[Richard F. Gold Career Grant]], the 2007 George London Award in memory of [[Lloyd Rigler]], the 2007 [[Lincoln Center]] [[Martin E. Segal|Martin E. Segal Award]], and a 2006 [[Sullivan Foundation]] Grant. She was named Seattle Opera's Artist of the Year in 2010. She is a graduate of the [[Metropolitan Opera]]'s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.
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In 2015, Lindsey made her recording debut on [[Deutsche Grammophon]] with a performance of [[Mohammed Fairouz]]'s 2012 cycle, ''Audenesque (in memory of W. B. Yeats)'', with the LPR Ensemble conducted by Evan Rogister (catalog no. B0022417).

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In 2015, Lindsey made her recording debut on [[Deutsche Grammophon]] with a performance of [[Mohammed Fairouz]]'s 2012 cycle, ''Audenesque (in memory of W. B. Yeats)'', with the LPR Ensemble conducted by Evan Rogister (catalog no. B0022417).


==Roles==
==Roles==
As a [[Gerdine Young Artists|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 a [[Gerdine Young Artists|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]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Waleson|first=Heidi|date=2004-06-23|title='Nixon in China' And Other Operas In Missouri|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB108794006417944515|access-date=2020-09-14|issn=0099-9660}}</ref>


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 (opera)|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 [[Antonín Dvořák|Dvořák]]'s ''[[Rusalka (opera)|Rusalka]]'', and Wellgunde in [[Wagner]]'s ''[[Das Rheingold]]'' and ''[[Götterdämmerung]]''.
As part of the [[Metropolitan Opera]]'s Lindemann program,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alumni|url=https://www.metopera.org/about/auditions/lindemann-young-artist-development-program/alumni/|access-date=2020-09-14|website=Metopera.org|language=en}}</ref> 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 (opera)|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 [[Antonín Dvořák|Dvořák]]'s ''[[Rusalka (opera)|Rusalka]]'', Wellgunde in [[Wagner]]'s ''[[Das Rheingold]]'' and ''[[Götterdämmerung]]'', Annio in [[Mozart]]'s ''[[La Clemenza di Tito]]'',<ref>[https://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/opera/?upc=811357015872 Mozart. La Clemenza di Tito. — Dec 1, 2012. — Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus]: in opinion of Susan Graham and Lucy Crowe, "she is a very handsome man"</ref> and Muse/Nicklausse in [[Jacques Offenbach|Offenbach's]] ''[[Les Contes d'Hoffmann]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The eternal optimist: Grigolo’s Hoffmann|url=https://bachtrack.com/review-hoffmann-grigolo-metropolitan-opera-january-2015|access-date=2020-09-14|website=Bachtrack.com|language=en}}</ref>


In 2008, she also sang the role of Cherubino in [[Mozart]]'s ''[[Nozze di Figaro]]'' at the [[Opéra de Lille]], conducted by [[Emmanuelle Haïm]], and Ascanius in [[Berlioz]]'s ''[[Les Troyens]]'' with the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]] and at the [[Tanglewood Music Festival]], both 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 Haïm]], and Ascanius in [[Berlioz]]'s ''[[Les Troyens]]'' with the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]] and at the [[Tanglewood Music Festival]], both conducted by [[James Levine]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Opera Today : Les Troyens in Boston|url=http://www.operatoday.com/content/2008/05/les_troyens_in.php|access-date=2020-09-14|website=Operatoday.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Boston Symphony Orchestra concert program, Special Concerts Series, Season 127 (2007-2008), Performance of Berlioz' 'Les Troyens', Part 2, seq. 45|url=https://collections.bso.org/digital/collection/PROG/id/471170|access-date=2020-09-14|website=Collections.bso.org|language=en}}</ref>


In 2009, she sang the role of Zerlina in [[Mozart]]'s ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' with the [[Santa Fe Opera]] and appeared at the Met as Nicklausse in [[Jacques Offenbach|Offenbach]]'s ''[[Les Contes d'Hoffmann]]''.
In 2009, she sang the role of Zerlina in [[Mozart]]'s ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' with the [[Santa Fe Opera]]. In 2010, she made her Seattle Opera debut creating the title role in ''[[Amelia (opera)|Amelia]]'' by [[Daron Hagen]], and also sang Nicklausse and the role of Nancy in ''[[Albert Herring]]'' at the Santa Fe Opera. She has also performed at the [[Boston Lyric Opera]] and the [[Wolf Trap Opera]].

In 2010, she made her Seattle Opera debut creating the title role in ''[[Amelia (opera)|Amelia]]'' by [[Daron Hagen]], reprised Nicklausse at the Met, and also sang Nicklausse and the role of Nancy in ''[[Albert Herring]]'' at 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 [[Lorin Maazel]], and sang the [[Elliott Carter]] song cycle ''In the Distances of Sleep'' at Tanglewood with James Levine.
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 [[Lorin Maazel]], and sang the [[Elliott Carter]] song cycle ''In the Distances of Sleep'' at Tanglewood with James Levine.
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In 2011, she premiered ''Jeder Mensch'', a song cycle written for her by [[Mohammed Fairouz]] and sang Idamante in Mozart's ''[[Idomeneo, re di Creta]]''.
In 2011, she premiered ''Jeder Mensch'', a song cycle written for her by [[Mohammed Fairouz]] and sang Idamante in Mozart's ''[[Idomeneo, re di Creta]]''.


In 2019 she made her [[The Proms|Proms]] debut at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] with the [[John Wilson Orchestra]], as soloist in "Tomorrow When You Are Gone" by [[Erich Korngold]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5tBgz1qsLtl7Vq1jPzWbHp6/a-harry-potter-encore-and-other-best-bits-from-the-warner-bros-prom|title=A Harry Potter encore and other best bits from the Warner Bros Prom|website=BBC Radio 3|access-date=12 August 2019}}</ref>
In 2019, she made her [[The Proms|Proms]] debut at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] with the [[John Wilson Orchestra]], as soloist in "Tomorrow When You Are Gone" by [[Erich Korngold]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5tBgz1qsLtl7Vq1jPzWbHp6/a-harry-potter-encore-and-other-best-bits-from-the-warner-bros-prom|title=A Harry Potter encore and other best bits from the Warner Bros Prom|website=BBC Radio 3|access-date=12 August 2019}}</ref> Lindsey portrayed and sang the role of Nerone in Handel's ''[[Agrippina (opera)|Agrippina]]'' at the Metropolitan Opera New York in 2020 (Premiere: February 6).<ref>{{cite web |title=Metropolitan Opera Association |url=http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/frame.htm |website=Archives.metoperafamily.org |access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Woolfe|first=Zachary|date=2020-02-07|title=Review: The Met Opera Is Handel’s House in ‘Agrippina’|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/arts/music/met-opera-agrippina-review.html|access-date=2020-09-14|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Cooper|first=Michael|date=2020-01-31|title=In the Met Opera’s ‘Agrippina,’ the Roman Empire Never Ended|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/arts/music/handel-agrippina-met-opera.html|access-date=2020-09-14|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


Lindsey portrayed and sang the role of Nerone in Handel's ''[[Agrippina (opera)|Agrippina]]'' at the Metropolitan Opera New York in 2020 (Premiere: February 6).<ref>{{cite web |title=Metropolitan Opera Association |url=http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/frame.htm |website=archives.metoperafamily.org |accessdate=7 February 2020}}</ref>
On May 22, 2021, Lindsey again sang the role of Nerone, this time in the premiere of the [[Vienna State Opera]] production of [[Claudio Monteverdi]]'s ''[[L'incoronazione di Poppea]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://play.wiener-staatsoper.at/event/45f04eb0-44e8-4379-8418-4f52547bc8ff/play|title=Wiener Staatsoper|website=Play.wiener-staatsoper.at|access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.katelindsey.com/ Official website]
*[http://www.katelindsey.com/ Official website]
*[https://www.seattleopera.org/on-stage/bios/kate-lindsey/ Biography at Seattle Opera]
*[https://www.seattleopera.org/on-stage/bios/kate-lindsey/ Biography at Seattle Opera]
*Metropolitan Opera [http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/gisrch2k.r?Term=Lindsey,%20Kate%20%5BMezzo%20Soprano%5D&limit=5000&vsrchtype=no&xBranch=ALL&xmtype=&Start=&End=&theterm=Linds%65%79,%20Ka%74%65%20%5BM%65zzo%20Sop%72ano%5D&srt=&x=0&xHome=http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/bibpro.htm&xHomePath=http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/ Lindsey, Kate (Mezzo Soprano)], performance record on the MetOpera Database
*Metropolitan Opera [http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/gisrch2k.r?Term=Lindsey,%20Kate%20%5BMezzo%20Soprano%5D&limit=5000&vsrchtype=no&xBranch=ALL&xmtype=&Start=&End=&theterm=Linds%65%79,%20Ka%74%65%20%5BM%65zzo%20Sop%72ano%5D&srt=&x=0&xHome=http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/bibpro.htm&xHomePath=http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/ Lindsey, Kate (Mezzo Soprano)], performance record on the MetOpera Database
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Kate Lindsey
Background information
Genresopera
Instrument(s)vocals (mezzo-soprano)
Websitehttp://www.katelindsey.com

Kate Lindsey (born 1980) is a mezzo-soprano opera singer from the United States. She is married to the documentary filmmaker Olly Lambert.

Lindsey was born in Richmond, Virginia, and holds a Bachelor of Music Degree with Distinction from Indiana University. Her many awards include the 2007 Richard F. Gold Career Grant, the 2007 George London Award in memory of Lloyd Rigler, the 2007 Lincoln Center Martin E. Segal Award, and a 2006 Sullivan Foundation Grant. She was named Seattle Opera's Artist of the Year in 2010. She is a graduate of the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.

In 2015, Lindsey made her recording debut on Deutsche Grammophon with a performance of Mohammed Fairouz's 2012 cycle, Audenesque (in memory of W. B. Yeats), with the LPR Ensemble conducted by Evan Rogister (catalog no. B0022417).

Roles[edit]

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.[1]

As part of the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann program,[2] 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, Wellgunde in Wagner's Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung, Annio in Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito,[3] and Muse/Nicklausse in Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann.[4]

In 2008, she also sang the role of Cherubino in Mozart's Nozze di Figaro at the Opéra de Lille, conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm, and Ascanius in Berlioz's Les Troyens with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and at the Tanglewood Music Festival, both conducted by James Levine.[5][6]

In 2009, she sang the role of Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni with the Santa Fe Opera. In 2010, she made her Seattle Opera debut creating the title role in Amelia by Daron Hagen, and also sang Nicklausse and the role of Nancy in Albert Herring at 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 Lorin Maazel, and sang the Elliott Carter song cycle In the Distances of Sleep at Tanglewood with James Levine.

In 2011, she premiered Jeder Mensch, a song cycle written for her by Mohammed Fairouz and sang Idamante in Mozart's Idomeneo, re di Creta.

In 2019, she made her Proms debut at the Royal Albert Hall with the John Wilson Orchestra, as soloist in "Tomorrow When You Are Gone" by Erich Korngold.[7] Lindsey portrayed and sang the role of Nerone in Handel's Agrippina at the Metropolitan Opera New York in 2020 (Premiere: February 6).[8][9][10]

On May 22, 2021, Lindsey again sang the role of Nerone, this time in the premiere of the Vienna State Opera production of Claudio Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Waleson, Heidi (2004-06-23). "'Nixon in China' And Other Operas In Missouri". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  2. ^ "Alumni". Metopera.org. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  3. ^ Mozart. La Clemenza di Tito. — Dec 1, 2012. — Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus: in opinion of Susan Graham and Lucy Crowe, "she is a very handsome man"
  4. ^ "The eternal optimist: Grigolo's Hoffmann". Bachtrack.com. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  5. ^ "Opera Today : Les Troyens in Boston". Operatoday.com. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  6. ^ "Boston Symphony Orchestra concert program, Special Concerts Series, Season 127 (2007-2008), Performance of Berlioz' 'Les Troyens', Part 2, seq. 45". Collections.bso.org. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  7. ^ "A Harry Potter encore and other best bits from the Warner Bros Prom". BBC Radio 3. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Metropolitan Opera Association". Archives.metoperafamily.org. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  9. ^ Woolfe, Zachary (2020-02-07). "Review: The Met Opera Is Handel's House in 'Agrippina'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  10. ^ Cooper, Michael (2020-01-31). "In the Met Opera's 'Agrippina,' the Roman Empire Never Ended". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  11. ^ "Wiener Staatsoper". Play.wiener-staatsoper.at. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

External links[edit]

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