“One cannot overpraise Lindsey’s ability to characterize strongly while retaining beauty of tone when the music calls for such.” (SFCV)

Mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey is one of the most exciting voices of her generation and appears regularly in the world’s most prestigious opera houses and orchestras, with many of the most distinguished conductors.

Highlight of the 2022-23 season includes Idamante in the Metropolitan Opera’s Idomeneo, Dido in Dido and Aeneas at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and returning to the Wiener Staatsoper to perform Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier, Der Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos, and Penelope in Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria.

Career highlights include a Kurt Weill double bill of Mahagonny Songspiel and Die sieben Todsünden at Teatro alla Scala, and multiple productions at the Wiener Staatsoper, where she premiered the title role in Olga Neuwirth’s Orlando and completed the company’s Monteverdi opera triptych. Additional premieres include the lead role in the English National Opera premiere of Paul Ruders’s The Handmaid’s Tale, and the title role of Miranda in the Katie Mitchell production at Théâtre National de l’Opéra-Comique in Paris. At the Metropolitan Opera, she has sung over 100 performances in over a dozen roles, including Cherubino, Hänsel, Annio, Zerlina, Idamante, Nicklausse and Nerone.

Kate’s first solo album, Thousands of Miles, with pianist Baptiste Trotignon, includes works by Weill, Korngold and Zemlinsky. Her second album, Arianna, features the Arcangelo orchestra conducted by Jonathan Cohen. Kate’s most recent album, Tiranno, focuses on the character of Nero, and features world premiére recordings of cantatas by Scarlatti and Bartolomeo Monari. Kate records exclusively with Outhere Music / Alpha.