Kathryn Day

Mezzo Soprano

Previously at Portland Opera:
Suzuki, Madame Butterfly, 2005

The Seattle Times lauds Kathryn Day for having “made a great success of the fortuneteller Ulrica in Un ballo in Maschera casting a spell of her own in charismatic singing and acting.” In the 2011-12 season, she returns Portland Opera to reprise her performance of Suzuki in Madama Butterfly. She also returns to the Metropolitan Opera for the Maid in Manon as well as the company’s productions of The Makropolous Case and La traviata.

Ms. Day’s relationship with the Metropolitan Opera is longstanding, having previously joined the company for the Respectable Lady in its new production of The Nose, Dritte Dame in Die Zauberflöte, Bolkonsky’s Housemaid in War and Peace, Glasha in Kát'a Kabanová, Suspicious Old Lady in The Gambler, and Annina in La traviata. She has also performed the latter two roles in the company’s famed Met in the Parks concerts as well as has joined the company on its tour of Japan and also for Philip Glass’ Satyagraha, Thais, Die Walküre, Elektra, Lulu, SuorAngelica, and Il trovatore.

A regular guest at the Seattle Opera, she has appeared there as Ulrica in Un ballo in maschera, Ortrud in Lohengrinand Azucena in Il trovatore. Other notable recent performances include Suzuki in Madama Butterflywith L’Opera de Montreal and Portland Opera, Klytämnestra in Elektraand Buryjovka in Jenufawith Long Beach Opera, Azucena in Il trovatorewith the San Diego Opera, La Cieca in La Giocondawith The Collegiate Chorale at Carnegie Hall, Elektrain Caesaria, Israel and the Savonlinna Festival in Finland, and Mrs. Roucher in Dead Man Walkingwith Austin Lyric Opera.

With New Orleans Opera, she sang Herodias in Salome, for which she was heralded as "From the moment she set foot on stage, Kathryn Day’s Herodias was in complete control, both vocally and dramatically" by the New Orleans Times-Picayune. She returned to the company for Jeanne Loiuse de Pontalba in the world premiere production of Pontalba - A Louisiana Legacy. She has also joined the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis for Kabanicha in Kát'a Kabanová, Austin Lyric Opera and L’Opera de Montreal for Herodias in Salome, Baltimore Opera for Madelon in Andrea Chenier, Opera Boston for Goody Proctor in The Crucible, and Chautauqua Opera for Mrs. McLean in Susannahand the Old Baroness in Vanessa. The mezzo-soprano also sang the role of the Old Lady in La bella dormente nel boscoat the Spoleto USA Festival and the Lincoln Center Festival in New York.

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