Soprano Kathryn Lewek’s current and future operatic engagements include HEROINES Les contes d’Hoffmann Salzburg Festival, Lakmé (title role) Opéra de Nice, Mozart’s Der Schauspieldirektor and Salieri’s Prima La musica e poi le parole Vienna Philarmonic at the Großes Festspielhaus in Salzburg, Handel’s Le Resurrezione Les Musiciens du Louvre on tour, and KÖNIGIN DER NACHT Die Zauberflöte Metropolitan Opera, Semperoper Dresden, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia, Edinburgh International Festival and Ravinia Festival.
Most recently, she performed LUCIA Lucia di Lammermoor Opéra de Nice, HEROINES Les contes d’Hoffmann Deutsche Oper Berlin, COUNTESS ADELE in Le comte Ory Lyric Opera of Chicago, KONSTANZE Die Entführung aus dem Serail Bayerische Staatsoper, KÖNIGIN DER NACHT Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Bayerische Staatsoper, Royal Opera House – Covent Garden, Liceu Barcelona, Vienna Staatsoper, Washington National Opera, EURYDICE Orphée aux enfers Salzburg Festival, a tour of Orlando (ANGELICA) with Il Pomo d’Oro to Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam and Verona, GINEVRA Ariodante Opéra de Monte-Carlo and Salzburg Festival, KONSTANZE Die Entführung aus dem Serail Deutsche Oper Berlin, TERESA Benvenuto Cellini Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Maria Stuarda (title role) Edmonton Opera, KÖNIGIN DER NACHT Die Zauberflöte Lyric Opera of Chicago, BBC Proms, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Teatro Real Madrid, Metropolitan Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Welsh National Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Royal Danish Opera, Washington National Opera, English National Opera, Bregenz Festival and Opéra de Toulon, as well as JESSICA Tchaikovsky’s The Merchant of Venice, COLOMBE L’Hirondelle and NIGHTINGALE Le rossignol Bregenz Festival, CUNEGONDE Candide Glimmerglass Opera, ANGELICA Orlando Hobart Baroque (Tasmania), FAIRY GODMOTHER Cendrillon New Orleans Opera and LUCIA Lucia di Lammermoor Opera Carolina.
In concert, she most recently performed Messiah Musica Sacra, Orff’s Carmina Burana Dallas Symphony and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio Orchestra Symphonique de Montreal.
Ms. Lewek earned her Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Vocal Performance from the Eastman School of Music, where she was also awarded the Performance Certificate in Voice for her many successes upon the Eastman Theater stage. She was a double prize winner at the 2013 Operalia World Opera Competition.
Margaret Levine
Phone: +44 7788 564195
Email: margaret@atholestill.co.uk
Representation: Europe/Various
News | Kathryn Lewek
News | Kathryn Lewek
"The standout of the evening was the soprano Kathryn Lewek. Ms. Lewek’s soprano has an appealing weight and warmth across its range, with blooming, unforced top notes. Combined with voluptuous phrasing and careful attention to the text, those qualities gave each of her solos lasting emotional resonance."
The New York Times
"Soprano Kathryn Lewek was spectacular in the role (of Queen of the Night). Her singing was exciting beyond sheer articulation, intonation, breath-support, and color. She was fully in character throughout, expressing first benevolent superiority, then power, and finally malevolence. Her Act II aria was blistering and thrilling, making one hold one’s breath until the final note."
The New York Classical Review
"But the unquestioned star of the show is soprano Kathryn Lewek, who revels in the preening role of a prima-donna opera singer portraying the spoiled Adèle in this opera within an opera, drawing cheers all afternoon long. With a lovely, high-flying soprano voice, she handles the coloratura demands with thrilling ease. "
Chicago Sun-Times
"Lewek’s performance on October 1st was extraordinary and augurs for her setting a new standard for this iconic role."
Opera Wire
