
Katharine Goeldner’s most recent and future operatic projects include MARTINKA Hubička Opera Royal de la Wallonie Liege, the world premiere of Charlotte Bray’s American Mother DIANE FOLEY Theater Hagen, GENEVIÈVE Pelléas et Mélisande Dallas Opera, LARINA Eugene Onegin Opera Santa Fe, MISS TODD Old Maid & The Thief Spoleto Festival, and RUTH The Pirates of Penzance Seattle Opera.
Other engagements include ANNINA Der Rosenkavalier Metropolitan Opera, DALILA Samson et Dalila Virginia Opera, Opera Colorado, MRS. GROSE The Turn of the Screw Opéra de Lyon, MARCELLINA Le nozze di Figaro Netherlands Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, BRANGÄNE Tristan und Isolde Landestheater Salzburg, Carmen (title role), IRIS Tobias Picker’s Awakenings, MA JOAD The Grapes of Wrath, PEGGY in the world premiere of Shalimar the Clown Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, HERODIAS Salome Virginia Opera, Tulsa Opera, BRIGITTA Die Tote Stadt Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, FRICKA Die Walküre Theater Augsburg, FRICKA Das Rheingold Minnesota Opera, LARINA Eugene Onegin Lyric Opera of Chicago, Hawaii Opera Theatre, JACKIE ONASSIS JFK Fort Worth Opera, Opéra de Montreal, THURZA The Wreckers Bard Festival, GIOVANNA SEYMOUR Anna Bolena Metropolitan Opera,Welsh National Opera, GERTRUDE Hamlet Minnesota Opera, KOMPONIST Ariadne auf Naxos Opera de Oviedo, SANTUZZA Cavalleria rusticana Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, AMNERIS Aida Utah Opera, ORFEO Arizona Opera, GESCHWITZ Lulu Oper Graz, SUZUKI Madama Butterfly Lyric Opera of Chicago, Florida Grand Opera, DORABELLA Così fan tutte Santa Fe Opera, FENENA Nabucco Dallas, Bilbao, Antwerp, Ghent, PRINCE ORLOFSKY Die Fledermaus Metropolitan Opera and in Japan, KOMPONIST Ariadne auf Naxos Madrid, Salzburg, Toulouse, Lyon, Théâtre du Châtelet, OCTAVIAN Der Rosenkavalier Toulouse, Lyon and Seville, FRICKA Das Rheingold, WALTRAUTE Götterdämmerung and GESCHWITZ Toulouse, CHARLOTTE Werther Bilbao, NICKLAUSSE Les Contes d’Hoffmann Metropolitan Opera, Bilbao HIPPOLYTA A Midsummer Night’s Dream Dresden, Das Lied von der Erde The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, The Koch Theatre, NYC, Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Fondazione Arturo Toscanini, Bruckner’s Te Deum Oxford Philomusica, a recording of Louis Spohr’s Die Letzten Dinge Mozarteum Orchestra (Ivor Bolton), Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder Salzburg Orchester Solisten, Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde The Royal Ballet, Duruflé Requiem Spoleto Festival USA and ERIKA Vanessa Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien.
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""The American mezzo-soprano Katharine Goeldner, in the role of Diane Foley, is an ideal casting choice thanks to her magnificent vocal and dramatic performance. Her spacious, subtly dark-hued voice carries great power and presence, portraying the character as a confident, yet questioning, deeply courageous, and extraordinarily compelling woman.""
Stefan Schmoe, Online Musik Magazin, June 1 2025
"Katharine Goeldner, as Diane Foley, reveals all facets of a character torn between grief, anger, despair, forgiveness, and whatever else might be felt. Her dramatic soprano impressively captures this range. Her presence on the minimalist stage carries the evening,"
Die Deutsche Bühne, June 1 2025
"Katharine Goeldner...had all the strength Saturday night to carry off the climactic moments. She sang with firmness of tone and great expression. And her Delilah is multilayered: aristocratic, calculating in her seduction of Samson, and vicious in her mockery in the final scene"
Samson & Delila, Opera Colorado, Peter Alexander, Sharps and Flatirons
"Katharine Goeldner enthralled us with her expressive mezzo-soprano and her masterful interpretation of Brangäne. With her performance this evening, the doors of all the great opera houses of the world should be open to her."
Der neue Merker,
"More richly and evenly endowed from a vocal point of view, Katharine Goeldner demonstrated why Henry VIII, had he been judging on voice alone, might have preferred Giovanna Seymour to Anna Bolena; the American mezzo sailed through much of her music with strong and luminous tone."
Opera News
"Katharine Goeldner, as Carmen, is herself singing more and more at the Met, and with reason: she has a fine, firm voice and knows how to wield it."
The New York Times