Kate Lindsey

"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 promising voices of her generation and appears regularly in the world’s most prestigious opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Vienna State Opera, the Salzburg Festival, Glyndebourne Opera Festival, in Aix-en-Provence, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, and the Bavarian State Opera.
Kate Lindsey once again shows her great diversity in the season 2021/22 with a wide selection of new role debuts and new productions. At the Maggio Musicale in Firenze the mezzo-soprano kicks off the season jumping in last minute for the houses new production of Cosi fan tutte (Dorabella) before she takes on the role of Nerone - one of her signature roles at the Vienna State Opera - in the revival of the acclaimed and praised Salzburg production of Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea. She then takes on her role debut of Donna Elvira at Vienna State Opera’s new production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. At the London Coliseum the mezzo takes on the lead role Offred in the houses’ new production of Paul Ruder’s The Handmaid’s Tale and performs as Orphée at the Washington Concert Opera. At Vienna State Opera she takes on the lead role of La Musica and La Speranza in the operas’ premiere of L’Orfeo in the under the baton of Pablo Heras-Casado. Kate Lindsey finishes her season at the Salzburg Festival taking on the lead role of Dido in a concert version of Dido and Aeneas alongside musicAeterna under the baton of Teodor Currentzis.
Kate Lindsey is recording exclusively for Outhere Music France and has so far released 3 solo albums: Thousands of Miles (2017) with works by Kurt Weill, Korngold; Arianna (2020) with works by Scarlatti, Händel and her third album and second baroque recital album Tiranno (2021) concentrating on the character of Nero including pieces of Scarletti, Handel and Monteverdi.