American mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey studied at Indiana University and is a former member of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. She has appeared regularly at the Metropolitan Opera, Seattle Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Vienna State Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and Glyndebourne and Aix-en-Provence festivals. Roles include Idamante (Idomeneo), Cherubino (Die Zauberflöte), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Sesto (La clemenza di Tito), Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Angelina (La Cenerentola), Marguerite (La Damnation de Faust), Nicklausse/Muse (Les Contes d’Hoffmann) and Composer (Ariadne auf Naxos). Additional highlights include creating the title roles of Olga Neuwirth’s Orlando (Vienna State Opera) and Darren Hagen’s Amelia (Seattle Opera). She made her Royal Opera debut in 2012 as Zerlina and returned in the 2015/16 season as Cherubino and Lazuli (L’Etoile). Her 2024/25 season engagements include creating roles in two world premieres: Adso da Melk in Francesco Filidei’s Il nome della rosa (La Scala, Milan) and Lee Miller in Jan Lauwers’ Lee Miller in Hitlers Bathtub (NEST, Vienna State Opera’s new venue).