Repertoire
Katie Van Kooten has been singing to international acclaim for over 20 years. Her repertoire includes Mozart, Puccini, Britten, Verdi, Strauss and Wagner. With a warm, lyric tone and uniquely beautiful interpretation of her roles throughout the soprano repertory, she continues to thrill audiences with her convincing stage presence and compelling performances.
Companies Katie has performed with include Houston Grand Opera, The Metropolitan Opera, The Royal Opera House; Covent Garden, San Francisco Symphony, Dallas Opera, Kansas City Lyric Opera Opera, Tucson Symphony, Seattle Opera, Phoenix Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Eugene Symphony, Seattle Symphony, and more.
Recent role debuts include Freia (Das Rheingold) with Seattle Opera, Mother Abbess (The Sound of Music) with Houston Grand Opera and Tosca (Tosca) with Opera Theatre St. Louis. Upcoming performances include Handel’s Messiah, Vaughan-Williams Dona Nobis, and Ariadne in Ariadne auf Naxos.
Opera Roles
- Tosca (Tosca) Puccini
- Freia (Das Rheingold) Wagner
- Marschallin (Der Rosenkavalier) Strauss
- Ellen Orford (Peter Grimes) Britten
- Mimi (La Boheme) Puccini
- Contessa Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro) Mozart
- Tatyana (Eugene Onegin) Tchaikovsky
- Elizabetta (Maria Stuarda) Donizetti
- Marguerite (Faust) Gounod
- Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) Mozart
- Elettra (Idomeneo) Mozart
- Vitellia (La Clemenza di Tito) Mozart
- Female Chorus (The Rape of Lucretia) Britten
- Antonia (Les Contes d’Hoffmann) Offenbach
- Helena (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) Britten
- Magda (La Rondine) Puccini
- Jane Withersteen (Riders of The Purple Sage)
- Mother Abbess (The Sound of Music) Rodgers
Upcoming & Future Roles
- Ariadne (Ariadne auf Naxos) Strauss
- Sieglinde (Der Walküre) Wagner
- Elizabeth (Tannhäuser) Wagner
- Arabella (Arabella) Strauss
- Gertrune (Gotterdamerung) Wagner
- Kaiserin (Die Frau Ohne Schatten) Strauss
- Blanche (Streetcar Named Desire) Previn
- Leonore (Fidelio) Beethoven
- Rusalka (Rusalka) Dvorak
- Minnie (Fanciulla del West) Puccini
- Senta (Der Fliegender Hollander) Wagner
- Elsa (Lohengrin) Strauss
- Turandot (Turandot) Puccini
- Desdemona (Otello) Verdi
Oratorio
- Verdi, Requiem
- Beethoven, Ninth Symphony
- Vaughan Williams, Sea Symphony
- Beethoven, Missa Solemnis
- Handel, Messiah
- Mahler, 2nd Symphony
- Faure, Requiem
Other Repertoire
- Vier Letze Lieder (Strauss)
- Wesendonck Lieder (Wagner)
- 3 Browning Songs (Beach)
- Folk Songs (Britten)
- Try Me, Good King (Larsen)