[6], Lindsey portrayed and sang the role of Nerone in Handel's Agrippina at the Metropolitan Opera New York in 2020 (Premiere: February 6). Kate Lindsey (born 1980) is a mezzo-soprano opera singer from the United States. Elektra, Salzburg Festival, review: the Austrians have got their act together, why can't we. W hen Kate Lindsey, the mezzo-soprano, was a teenager growing up in Virginia, ... documentary maker Olly Lambert, and two adorable dogs who nosy in and out of our conversation). “It’s important that the costuming supports the singer because we are the ones up there on the stage,” she says. 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She was named Seattle Opera's Artist of the Year in 2010. Lindsey was born in Richmond, Virginia, and holds a Bachelor of Music Degree with Distinction from Indiana University. You know, to [have the courage] to say, ‘This doesn’t work for me’ – particularly if you’re making your debut with a company. Read about our approach to external linking. Priority booking closes on Saturday March 3 at 11:59pm. Kate Lindsey . She is married to the documentary filmmaker Olly Lambert. Does she not sometimes wish she could sing a bit higher, get the same accolades – not to mention the huge fees – as the sopranos? The daughter of a Presbyterian preacher, she says that her family was essentially unmusical. Opera should be a communion between the voices on stage, the orchestra and the public.”. For a moment she sounds uncharacteristically evangelical. Even now I am nervous when I stand up for myself – it’s hard because of the power structures that exist.” Lindsey is troubled by opera’s growing obsession with the health and beauty of its major players. “We feel we are going to become diva-esque if we make a complaint about something. Lindsey laughs: “Well, the only time I thought that it would be nice to be a soprano was when I listened to Tatyana’s big aria [“Let Me Die, But First”] in Eugene Onegin. Read our community guidelines in full, The latest offers and discount codes from popular brands on Telegraph Voucher Codes, Kate Lindsey in Ariadne auf Naxos at Glyndebourne in 2013, Kate Lindsey as Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro at the Aix Festival. He’s only 15 weeks old and sleeping blissfully at the back of her north-west London flat where we meet (also in attendance are her husband, documentary maker Olly Lambert, and two adorable dogs who nosy in and out of our conversation). Lindsey was born in Richmond, Virginia, and holds a Bachelor of Music Degree with Distinction from Indiana University. Although she is willowy and toned – the legacy of being a sporty child who played a lot of football – and has a “specific shape that makes things easier”, she is adamant that “we have to acknowledge that we [singers] come in different shapes and sizes.”. I also believe there is a more vibrant classical music life in Britain – quite a bit more vibrant than in the States – because I think you grow up with the sounds of [classical] music.”. 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, and Muse/Nicklausse in Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann[3]. Kate Lindsey (born 1980) is a mezzo-soprano opera singer from the United States. Scheduled for release on Alpha Classics later this month , the new album ARIANNA sees Arcangelo and star US mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey pay imaginative tribute to the mythical figure of the abandoned woman. Kate Lindsey (born 1980) is a mezzo-soprano opera singer from the United States. Here, of course, there is constant nervousness about the elitism of the form. It was just that the classical world can be a little bit fragmented. 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]. Glyndebourne’s standard terms and conditions apply. Lindsey has been an American resident in Britain since 2013 and so I wonder if she is well placed to delineate the differences in attitudes to opera in both countries. Much fury followed and Lindsey is evidently well acquainted with the debate. But there is a sense that Lindsey feels us Brits should count our blessings. She was named Seattle Opera's Artist of the Year in 2010. 45", "A Harry Potter encore and other best bits from the Warner Bros Prom", "Review: The Met Opera Is Handel's House in 'Agrippina, "In the Met Opera's 'Agrippina,' the Roman Empire Never Ended", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kate_Lindsey&oldid=978439085, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 14 September 2020, at 22:51. Der Rosenkavalier is at Glyndebourne from May 20 to June 26. In 2009, she sang the role of Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni with the Santa Fe Opera. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. To book for any available Festival performance, log in or create an account at glyndebourne.com and enter your exclusive Telegraph Subscriber promotion code, 17018. “I have worked on productions where it can feel empty,” she says. Then, from the Tickets & What’s On menu, select the operas of your choice. Kate Lindsey (born 1980) is a mezzo-soprano opera singer from the United States. 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. “When we get that right, opera can feel spiritual.”. When Kate Lindsey, the mezzo-soprano, was a teenager growing up in Virginia, taking the first steps towards a career in opera, her teacher said: “One day you will play Octavian.”, This year, at the age of 37, she is making her debut as the handsome teenage boy who is having a clandestine affair with the bored, much older Marschallin as Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier returns to Glyndebourne. 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. It feels like a big step away from Lindsey’s previously itinerant life. “In other repertoire there is a more controlled approach.”. Much fury followed and Lindsey is evidently well acquainted with the debate.

“Opera is a niche sort of thing in America because a lot of smaller regional companies closed down after the 2008 recession. But then her music teacher, a southern belle, told her: “Honey, your voice was just made to sing classical music,” and she went to see whatever opera she could, often sitting in what she describes as the “nosebleed seats” until she was finally sold on the art form. But I was feeling a little bit trapped – I knew I could do more.”, Lindsey remains committed to opera, and loves its challenges, but is acutely aware that morale – and with it the end result – can vary from one production to the next. Find out more, The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. Sign in or Registerif (require.s.contexts._.config.paths['idcta']) {require(['idcta/idcta-1'], function(idcta) {if (idcta && typeof idcta.addUserOrigin === 'function') {idcta.addUserOrigin('id4-cta-26b45b25-39c9-4086-92b7-e206abc4200e');}});}, https://static.bbc.co.uk/music_clips/3.0.31.1/img/default_artist_images/classical2.jpg, https://musicbrainz.org/artist/39c62bf0-c6ae-4ef8-94f8-5735799fdb49, Proms 2019: Prom 30: The Warner Brothers Story, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/208x117/p07dh2jc.jpg, Proms 2019: Prom 29: The Warner Brothers Story, Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons License.

The 2019/2020 season sees Kate take on some exhilerating new roles in Europe and the USA. Organisations think they should cast such and such a person for a particular role and I can understand that because it simplifies things. 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. When Kate Lindsey, the mezzo-soprano, was a teenager growing up in Virginia, taking the first steps towards a career in opera, her teacher said: News Politics World Sport Technology Business Money Opinion Obituaries Travel Culture Lifestyle Women Family Health and …