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Kathryn Lewek Soprano Soprano Kathryn Lewek’s current and future engagements include KONSTANZE Die Entführung aus dem Serail and KÖNIGIN DER NACHT Die Zauberflöte Bayerische Staatsoper, KÖNIGIN DER NACHT Metropolitan Opera and Washington National Opera, EURYDICE Orphée aux enfers Salzburg Festival, OPHELIA Dean’s Hamlet Concertgebouw Amsterdam, LUCIA Lucia di Lammermoor Opéra de Nice, and a tour of Orlando (ANGELICA) with Il Pomo d’Oro to Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam and Verona. Most recently, she performed 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, Teatro Real Madrid, 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 Athole Still Artists Foresters Hall T 020 8771 5271 Company No. 06612644 25-27 Westow Street F 020 8771 8172 London SE19 3RY E [email protected] www.atholestill.com Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org).

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The Magic Flute
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