Kate Lindsey

Mezzo-Soprano (lyric)

in Richmond, Virginia, United States

Opera

Kate Lindsey is a mezzo-soprano opera singer from the United States. She is married to the documentary filmmaker Olly Lambert.

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Signature Roles

Cherubino in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro Nerone in Handel's Agrippina Muse/Nicklausse in Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann Octavian in Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier Ariodante in Handel's Ariodante Nerone in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea Title role in Olga Neuwirth's Orlando

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Career Trajectory

From her 2005 Metropolitan Opera debut as Javotte in *Manon*, Kate Lindsey has built an international career distinguished by her interpretive sophistication in Mozart and Rossini trouser roles and her fearless embrace of contemporary opera. Her warm, agile lyric mezzo and commanding stage presence earned her house debuts at La Scala, Vienna State Opera, and Salzburg Festival, while her creation of the title role in Olga Neuwirth's *Orlando* at the Vienna State Opera in 2019 established her as a vital interpreter of new music. Today, she stands among the most accomplished mezzo-sopranos of her generation, equally at home in the classical repertoire and the avant-garde.