katharine dain

American soprano Katharine Dain is equally in demand on the operatic stage and on the concert platform, performing works of the Classical and Romantic repertoire as well as contemporary music. She has been heard as Mozart’s Konstanze, Fiordiligi, Donna Anna, and Countess Almaviva in operas houses across France, Belgium, and the Netherlands and made her debut at the Dutch National Opera in Claude Vivier’s Kopernikus. She also appeared in the world premieres of I have missed you forever (Amsterdam 2022) and Barzakh (Antwerp/Ghent 2024). Together with pianist Sam Armstrong she has released two acclaimed song albums: Regards sur l’infini, featuring works by Debussy and Messiaen, won the Edison Klassiek for Best Debut Recording, while Forget This Night with works by Karol Szymanowski, Grażyna Bacewicz, and Lili Boulanger was named CD of the Month by BBC Music Magazine. In 2020, Katharine Dain made her debut with Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw Orchestra in the world premiere of Bram Kortekaas’s Notenkrakers’ notulen. She has also performed with the Orchestra of the 18th Century, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and the ensembles Arcangelo and Asko/Schönberg, among many others. In the 2022–23 season, she served as artist in residence with Finland’s Tapiola Sinfonietta.

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