Kathryn
ABOUT
"both funny and
poignant"
"With a fear of mirrors that was both funny and poignant, Kathryn Krasovec mined an uncharacteristic vein of sadness in Marcellina, embracing her newfound maternal role with a palpable sense of relief."
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BIOGRAPHY
Kathryn Krasovec, mezzo soprano, is a graduate of The Juilliard School and San Francisco Opera's Merola Young Artist Program. She has performed at The Metropolitan Opera, Spoleto Festival USA, Weill Hall/Carnegie Hall, National Theater of Prague, and Theater Bremen, Germany. Her career spans engagements throughout Europe, North America, and the Middle East.
After becoming a MET winner, she made her debut at The Metropolitan Opera as a Woodsprite in Rusalka, among other roles. Other prominent performances include a world premiere of a one-woman monodrama The Echo Drift by Mikael Karlsson with The Prototype Festival in NYC.
Future engagements include the role of Hera/Spectra in Hysteria, an opera by Molly Pease, a co-production of Synchromy and Resonance Collective as part of Operafest LA 2026. Recently, Ms. Krasovec performed with Overtone Industries in selections from Songs and Dances of Imaginary Lands as part of OperaFest LA and an appearance with The HEX Vocal Ensemble at The Hear Now Music Festival. She also appeared as Edka in Jake Heggie’s chamber opera Two Remain with Lyric Opera OC as a part The California Festival: A Celebration of New Music.
Previous engagements also include Kathryn's debut with Jacaranda Music in Los Angeles with The Bakkhai by Dylan Mattingly. She then returned to Jacaranda Music to perform the world premiere of the guitar arrangement of three arias from The Exterminating Angel by Thomas Adès.
Speaking fluent German, she was engaged for five seasons in Germany and Czech Republic, notably the debut of Frid's Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank in the title role. She made her Spoleto Festival USA debut in Philip Glass's Kepler. Additionally, and she was the first American to sing the title role in Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen, and the British Dancing Girl in John Adams' The Death of Klinghoffer at The National Theater of Prague.
While at the Juilliard Opera Center, Kathryn was the recipient of the prestigious Juilliard DeRosa Grant. She earned her Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of Denver Lamont School of Music and her Master of Music Degree from the Indiana University, Jacob School of Music.
Memorable;
a fine singing actor.
"American Kathryn Krasovec and Puerto Rican Ricardo Lugo, memorably assumed the roles of Marcellina and Bartolo. Both are fine singing actors, with Krasovec’s Marcellina in particular making much of her character’s humanity, while remaining genuinely funny."