Katherine Rohrer
Mezzo soprano
New England First Place Winner, 2001
National Council Finalist 2001

Mezzo-soprano Katherine Rohrer, a former Adler Fellow, made her San Francisco Opera debut during the 2002 season as Oberto in Alcina. In 2003 she appeared on the mainstage as Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana and as Isabel Wentworth in The Mother of Us All. She also debuted with the San Francisco Symphony in an evening of Rossini and Offenbach.

Miss Rohrer’s 2006/2007 season starts with the mezzo-soprano’s return to the San Francisco Opera for Maddalena in Rigoletto, followed by her debuts, first with the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Stephano in Roméo et Juliette, then at the New York City Opera as Vitige in Handel’s Flavio. Miss Rohrer will then return to Great Britain for Pauline in Prokofiev’s The Gambler and make her debut with the Glimmerglass Opera as the Messenger and Proserpine in Monteverdi’s Orfeo. In concert, Katherine Rohrer will sing the mezzo solo inVerdi’s Messa da Requiem with the Alabama Symphony and will appear in recital in Bradford , PA under the auspices of the Marilyn Horne Foundation. Future projects include a return to the Glyndebourne Festival.

Among her recent projects, Katherine Rohrer made her debut with the Glyndebourne Opera as Nadine, the leading character in the World Premiere of Lunn’s Tangier Tattoo. Later in the season Katherine Rohrer sang Oberto in Handel’s Alcina with the Opéra de Lyon. Miss Rohrer also appeared in a gala concert for the Marilyn Horne Foundation at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall and made her Atlanta Symphony debut singing the Soprano II in Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor with Donald Runnicles conducting.

Other recent projects included a triumphal debut with the Gotham Chamber Opera as Teseo in Handel’s Arianna in Creta and with Opera Colorado as Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro as well as a return to the San Francisco Opera as Dorabella in Così Fan Tutte and Paulina in The Queen of Spades.

Katherine Rohrer has also been featured in two recitals with the 2003 Schwabacher Debut Recital Series. She toured the nation with Western Opera Theater as Dorabella in Così Fan Tutte and appeared as Charlotte in The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein with Opera Theater of St. Louis, Ida in Die Fledermaus and both Flora and Annina in La Traviata with Central City Opera.

Additional credits include the Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors, the title role Périchole, in TheRape of Lucretia, Jenny in Three Penny Opera, and Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She also has performed Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro and Dorabella in Così Fan Tutte with Stetson University Opera.

The mezzo-soprano’s competitions and awards include the John Moriarty Apprentice Encouragement Award at Central City, first place in the Rose Palmer Mobile Opera Competition, and third place in the Eleanor McCollum Competition at Houston Grand Opera. She was also a winner in the New England Region Metropolitan Opera Competition and placed as a finalist in the National Competition. Ms. Rohrer holds a bachelor’s degree from Stetson University and a master of music degree from the New England Conservatory.

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