KateRoyal
Representation
About Kate
Kate Royal's awards include the 2004 Kathleen Ferrier Award, the 2004 John Christie Award, and the 2007 Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist Award.
Opera roles have included Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Countess (Le nozze di Figaro), Governess (The Turn of the Screw), Poppea, Miranda in Thomas Ades’ The Tempest and the Marschallin for the world's major opera houses, including the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Teatro Real Madrid, the Opéra national de Paris and Glyndebourne Festival Opera.
Concert engagements include the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Sir Simon Rattle), Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Robin Ticciati), Rotterdam Philharmonic (Yannick Nézet-Séguin), The Cleveland Orchestra (Franz Welser-Möst) and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Daniel Harding).
Representation
Season Highlights
Video
Kate Royal sings Janáček's Viš jak jsem žila
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PlayingKate Royal sings Verdi's Salce salce
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Playing'Paisible et solitaire nuit' - Kate Royal & Joseph Middleton
Credit: Sant Pau Recinte Modernista (Barcelona)
Playing'Wanderlied' - Kate Royal & Joseph Middleton
Credit: Sant Pau Recinte Modernista (Barcelona)
Playing'Frühlingsmorgen' - Kate Royal & Joseph Middleton
Credit: Sant Pau Recinte Modernista (Barcelona)
Playing
Audio
- Recueillement performed by Kate Royal and Joseph Middleton.
Photos
Selected Repertoire
Beethoven | Fidelio (Marzelline) |
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Bizet | Carmen (Frasquita) |
Britten | Peter Grimes (Ellen Orford) • The Turn of the Screw (Governess) |
Debussy | Pellleas et Melisandre (Melisande) |
Dvorak | Rusalka (Rusalka) |
Handel | Alcina (Alcina) |
Janacek | Jenufa (Jenufa) |
Mozart | La Clemenza di Tito (Vitellia) • Le nozze di Figaro (Countess) |
Smetana | The Bartered Bride (Marenka) |
Strauss | Der Rosenkavalier (Marschallin) |
Sample Programmes
Night Shades
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Schwanengesang, D. 957: IV. Ständchen FRANZ SCHUBERT: An den Mond D. 296 FRANZ SCHUBERT: Nacht und Traume ROBERT SCHUMANN: Der Sandmann Op.79 No.12 ROBERT SCHUMANN: Verratene Liebe ROBERT SCHUMANN: Abendlied, Op. 107, No. 7 ROBERT SCHUMANN: Muttertraum Op. 40 ROBERT SCHUMANN: Liederkreis Op. 39: 5. "Mondnacht" ROBERT SCHUMANN: Liederkreis Op. 39: 12. "Frühlingsnacht" JOHANNES BRAHMS: Ständchen Op. 106 No. 1 JOHANNES BRAHMS: 8 Lieder and Songs, Op. 57, No. 8 Unbewegte laue Luft JOHANNES BRAHMS: Volkslieder: "In stiller Nacht", WoO 33 No. 42 Interval CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Cinq Poèmes de Baudelaire, 'Le balcon' CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Cinq Poèmes de Baudelaire, 'Harmonie du soir' CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Cinq Poèmes de Baudelaire, 'Le jet d'eau' CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Cinq Poèmes de Baudelaire, 'Recueillement' RICHARD STRAUSS: Schlechtes Wetter Op. 69 RICHARD STRAUSS: 8 Gedichte aus Letzte Blätter Op. 10: No. 3 Die Nacht RICHARD STRAUSS: Als mir dein Lied erklang Op.68 No.4 RICHARD STRAUSS: Four Last Songs: "Beim Schlafengehen"
Press
Falstaff
Opera NorthSep 2023 - Nov 2023Kate Royal was a laughing, sparkling Alice: as light on her feet as she was sensuous in her singing
- Richard Bratby, The Spectator
- 07 October 2023
Soprano Kate Royal was a sprightly Alice Ford, entirely engaged with her character, conveying playfulness and mischief in her voice.
- Richard Wilcocks, Bachtrack
- 29 September 2023
A strong supporting cast includes an outstanding Alice Ford from Kate Royal, her glorious singing dominating as the character should, and a splendid Ford in Richard Burkhart, generating all the humour in his fury as the disguised Mr. Brook.
- Ron Simpson, The Reviews Hub
- 29 September 2023
Kate Royal’s elegant poise and aristocratic demeanour might seem contraindicative to comedy, but she made a vibrant Alice, singing with her always light and sparkling tone.
- Melanie Eskenazi, Music OMH
- 29 September 2023
Discography
- Cecilia McDowall: Da Vinci Requiem, Seventy Degrees Below Zero
- Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies
- Debussy and Mozart Songs
- Kate Royal - Recital
- Kate Royal: A Lesson in Love
- Kate Royal - Midsummer Night
- Emily Howard - The Anvil
- Adès: The Tempest
- Schumann: The Complete Songs
- Carlisle Floyd: Prince of Players
- Handel: La Resurrezione, HWV47