INDEPENDENT OPERA at Sadler's Wells · Artist support

Katherine Manley Soprano

Recipient of INDEPENDENT OPERA Postgraduate Voice Fellowship

Born in Leicestershire, Katherine studied at the Benjamin Britten International Opera School, Royal College of Music, graduating in 2006 with Distinction. She continues to study with Lillian Watson.

A Samling Foundation and Susan Chilcott Scholar, Katherine has been supported by a Wingate Scholarship, Ian Fleming MBF Award and an INDEPENDENT OPERA Postgraduate Voice Fellowship.

In concert she has worked with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the London Mozart Players and the Philharmonia Orchestra performing at venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, St John’s, Smith Square and Wigmore Hall. Recent performances include Mendelssohn’s Elijah at Westminster Cathedral with Sir Thomas Allen.

Katherine has taken part in L’Academie d’Aix-en-Provence and sung at the Felicja Blumental Music Festival, Tel Aviv. Song recitals include Frauenliebe und Leban for the Tudeley Festival and a duet recital in Belgium.

Operatic roles include Arpago (L'Incoronazione di Dario) with Garsington Opera, Fortune (L’incoronazione di Poppea) for English National Opera, Sandman/Dew Fairy (Hänsel und Gretel) at Opera North, Musica and Euridice with English Touring Opera and Seleuce (Tolomeo) with the London Handel Players, BBIOS and the ETO. In 2008 Katherine sang the title role in Handel's Partenope for Les Azuriales Opera Festival. In 2009 she sings Belinda (After Dido) with the ENO young artists at the Young Vic Theatre, directed by Katie Mitchell.

Katherine has sung the title role of Tullia with Maurizio Benini and the London Philharmonic Orchestra for Opera Rara's recording of Mercadante's Virginia.