Kate Allen (singer)

Kate Allen (* 1985 in Dublin ) is an Irish opera singer with a mezzo-soprano voice .

biography

Kate Allen studied singing at the Conservatory of Music & Drama in Ireland and at the Conservatory of Music in San Francisco and was a member of the Opera Santa Barbara Opera Studio and the Merola Opera Program in 2013. During her studies and in the opera studio, she worked on roles such as Romeo in I Capuleti ei Montecchi , the title role of Giulio Cesare and Amneris in Aida . Engagements followed at various festivals in the USA, Ireland and Germany. a. as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly , Angelina in La Cenerentola , Conception in L'Heure Espagnole and Maddalena in Rigoletto . She has been a member of the ensemble at the Staatstheater Augsburg since the 2018/19 season .

Opera roles and engagements (selection)

Debut in	role
2015-10	Clotilda (Koanga by Frederick Delius )	Wexford Festival
2017-05	Tigrane ( Radamisto )	Northern Irish Opera
2018-06	Princess Eboli ( Don Carlos )	Gut Immling Opera Festival
2018-07	Sofia ( I Lombardi alla prima crociata )	Heidenheim Opera Festival
2019-03	Jacqueline Kennedy ("JFK" by David T. Little)	Theater Augsburg

Prizes and awards

• 1st prize at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, San Francisco (2010)
• Aria Prize and Wexford Festival Opera Scholarship (2014)

Web links

• Kate Allen at Operabase (engagements and dates)
• Kate Allen agency profile

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kate Allen, singer. Theater Augsburg, accessed on March 30, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Michael Dervan: Koanga review: An opera that promises but never delivers. In: The Irish Times. October 23, 2015, accessed March 30, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Michael Lee: NI Opera presents Handel's Radamisto | Review. In: GoldenPlec. May 15, 2017, accessed March 31, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Thomas Jordan: Paradise is political. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. June 17, 2017, accessed March 30, 2019 . 
5. ^ Thomas Molke: Heidenheim Opera Festival: I Lombardi. In: Online music magazine. Accessed March 31, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Bernd Feuchtner: Kennedy's last night | European premiere of the opera "JFK" by David T. Little in Augsburg. In: KlassikInfo.de. March 24, 2019, accessed March 30, 2019 .