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Katie Van Kooten Debuts "Faust" With Metropolitan Opera Alumna Katie Van Kooten (B.M. 2001) made her US Opera debut in June of 2007 singing the role of Marguerite in "Faust" with the Metropolitan Opera. The New York Times review called her performance as Marguerite "dramatically convincing," and said her voice was a "warm, gracefully expressive soprano." Katie made her opera debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, as Magda in "La Rondine" in November, 2004. At Covent Garden she has also sung Pamina ("Die Zauberflöte) Mimi ("La Boheme) and Marguerite ("Faust"). Last season, among other roles, she performed Aminta in Mozart's "Il Re Pastore" in the Linbury Theater and performed the Mozart Requiem with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Jurovsky. She has recently made her Japanese debut sing Micaela ("Carmen") under the direction of Ozawa. A graduate of the Guildhall Scool of Music and Drama in London, Katie studies voice with Rudolf Piernay. She received her bachelor's degree in vocal performance from Biola, where she studied with Dr. Jeanne Robison and is a graduate and perpetual member of the Torrey Honors Institute. This season, Katie returns to Covent Garden to sing in Britten's "Midsummer Night's Dream," and will make her debut at the English National Opera as Micaela ("Carmen"). |
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Katie Van Kooten made her opera debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, as Magda in "La Rondine" in November, 2004.
