Katherine Ciesinski

Katherine Ciesinski is a respected American mezzo-soprano. Her family members was musical; her sister, Kristine, is normally a soprano. Both young ladies grew up to become internationally-known opera headliners. (Their promotion says there are just three other situations in the annals of opera when pairs of sisters possess both reached equivalent levels.) They pursued and created their careers in different ways: Katherine been trained in america and her profession provides centered for the reason that country a lot more than provides her sister’s. Katherine graduated from Newark SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in 1968 and went to Temple School in Philadelphia. After finding a bachelor of music level there (summa cum laude), she continued to be in the same town to study tone of voice in the Curtis Institute of Music. She gained her master’s, with honors, and a certificate in opera efficiency in 1973. She also researched in the Marlboro Music Event (1975-1977) as well as the Sommerakademie from the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. In 1976 she earned Initial Prize in the Geneva International Music Competition and was successful in the Concert Performers Guild Competition. In 1977 in the Concours International Chant de Paris, she was acclaimed Initial Prize champion by unanimous decision from the jury. Her Carnegie Hall recital debut is at 1977. She’s frequently made an appearance in recital and concert, and on leading opera phases in america and European countries, including regular looks in the Metropolitan Opera, the Houston Grand Opera, with the Stuttgart Opera, Canadian Opera, Royal Opera Home Covent Backyard (London), Scottish Opera, SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Opera, and Dallas Opera. A few of her tasks are Cassandra in Berlioz’ Les Troyens, Laura in Ponchielli’s La Gioconda, Judith in Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle, and Adalgisa in Bellini’s Norma. She’s appeared in globe premieres of Dominick Argento’s The Aspern Documents, Maurice Ohana’s Le Celestine, Girolamo Arrigo’s Il Ritorno di Casanova, Par Vir’s Snatched from the Gods, Tag Adamo’s Little Ladies, and Jake Heggie’s THE FINISH from the Affair. She’s made several recordings on brands including Decca-London, Music Experts, BMG, Bridge, CRI, Leonarda, Orion, Erato, and Columbia, of a multitude of composers including Weill, Blitzstein, Carter, Alma Mahler, Handel, Clara Schumann, Gounod, Wagner, Stravinsky, Bussotti, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Dukas, Rorem, and Spohr. She’s devoted a growing quantity of her profession to teaching, previously on the School of Houston, Tx, with Eastman since 2008.