Mezzo-soprano Katherine Altobello has been hailed a “spitfire…having the energy, concentration, and stamina to make it look easy.” (Daily Progress News, Charlottesville, VA).
Most recently, Ms. Altobello performed as a guest artist with The European American Music Alliance in Paris France the month of July. She also performed as a Soloist in W.A. Mozart's Requiem with Texas Bach Fesitval in June.
Katherine has performed with the New York City Ballet, San Diego Opera, the National Chorale at Lincoln Center, Austin Opera, Tulsa Opera, the Knoxville Symphony, Texas Bach Festival, Opera in the Heights, Ash-Lawn Opera, LOLA, Alamo City Opera, Lexington Music and Theatre Company, Janiec Opera, Music for All, Wildwood Opera, Austin Chamber Ensemble, KMFA Radio, Living Paper Song Project, Austin Artists Project, Project Live Notes, among others.
Favorite roles include Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Hansel in Hänsel und Gretel, Madame Larina in Eugene Onegin, Schaunard in La Bohème, Mercedes in Carmen, Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, and Liesl in The Sound of Music. Other solo engagements include: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Copland’s In the Beginning, Bach’s Oster Oratorium, Weihnachtsoratorium, and Messe in h-moll, Bruckner’s Te Deum, Haydn’s Paukenmesse, and Handel’s Messiah. Ms. Altobello was featured in Jake Heggie’s Paper Wings under the direction of Warren Jones in collaboration with Manhattan School of Music. Katherine recently performed with Living Paper Song Project’s I, too: the Voices of Langston Hughes, winning "Best Chamber Ensemble" at the Austin Critics Table Awards.
Ms. Altobello holds a Master of Music in Voice from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Arts in Music and Theater from Southwestern University. While living in New York, Katherine studied extensively with Juilliard School's W. Stephen Smith. Other distinguished teachers and coaches include Cheryl Parrish, Carmen Pelton, Patricia Stiles, Gary Arvin, Charles Prestinari, Kathy Kozac, Kristen Roach, James Lesniak, and Elden Little.
Katherine is honored to have collaborated with Warren Jones and the late Tony award winning composer Steven Lutvak. After living in Indiana and NYC for over a decade, Katherine returned to her hometown of Austin. Ms. Altobello is on the voice faculty at Southwestern University and is a frequent soloist at St. Martin’s Lutheran Church in downtown Austin. Katherine is a proud member of The American Guild of Musical Artists and The National Association of Teachers of Singing.
Most recently, Ms. Altobello performed as a guest artist with The European American Music Alliance in Paris France the month of July. She also performed as a Soloist in W.A. Mozart's Requiem with Texas Bach Fesitval in June.
Katherine has performed with the New York City Ballet, San Diego Opera, the National Chorale at Lincoln Center, Austin Opera, Tulsa Opera, the Knoxville Symphony, Texas Bach Festival, Opera in the Heights, Ash-Lawn Opera, LOLA, Alamo City Opera, Lexington Music and Theatre Company, Janiec Opera, Music for All, Wildwood Opera, Austin Chamber Ensemble, KMFA Radio, Living Paper Song Project, Austin Artists Project, Project Live Notes, among others.
Favorite roles include Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Hansel in Hänsel und Gretel, Madame Larina in Eugene Onegin, Schaunard in La Bohème, Mercedes in Carmen, Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, and Liesl in The Sound of Music. Other solo engagements include: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Copland’s In the Beginning, Bach’s Oster Oratorium, Weihnachtsoratorium, and Messe in h-moll, Bruckner’s Te Deum, Haydn’s Paukenmesse, and Handel’s Messiah. Ms. Altobello was featured in Jake Heggie’s Paper Wings under the direction of Warren Jones in collaboration with Manhattan School of Music. Katherine recently performed with Living Paper Song Project’s I, too: the Voices of Langston Hughes, winning "Best Chamber Ensemble" at the Austin Critics Table Awards.
Ms. Altobello holds a Master of Music in Voice from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Arts in Music and Theater from Southwestern University. While living in New York, Katherine studied extensively with Juilliard School's W. Stephen Smith. Other distinguished teachers and coaches include Cheryl Parrish, Carmen Pelton, Patricia Stiles, Gary Arvin, Charles Prestinari, Kathy Kozac, Kristen Roach, James Lesniak, and Elden Little.
Katherine is honored to have collaborated with Warren Jones and the late Tony award winning composer Steven Lutvak. After living in Indiana and NYC for over a decade, Katherine returned to her hometown of Austin. Ms. Altobello is on the voice faculty at Southwestern University and is a frequent soloist at St. Martin’s Lutheran Church in downtown Austin. Katherine is a proud member of The American Guild of Musical Artists and The National Association of Teachers of Singing.