Kate Lindsey

Mezzo-Soprano

Biography

“One cannot overpraise Lindsey’s ability to characterize strongly while retaining beauty of tone when the music calls for such.” (San Francisco Classical Voice)

One of the most compelling artists of her generation, mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey is a regular guest on the world’s most celebrated stages, including the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Vienna State Opera, the Salzburg Festival, Glyndebourne Opera Festival, Festival Aix-en-Provence, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, and the Bavarian State Opera.

In 2025/26, Kate Lindsey continues to dazzle audiences in wide variety of role debuts and new productions. Lindsey commences her season with a highly anticipated debut as Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande at the Vienna State Opera conducted by Alain Altinoglu. At the Hamburg State Opera, she appears in Tobias Kratzer’s Women’s love and death where she sings Schumann’s Frauenliebe und leben under the musical direction of Karina Canellakis. Lindsey further takes on the title role in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride at the Washington Concert opera and returns the Munich State Opera as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro.

Contact

Jonathan Letts
Associate Director

+49 30 166359854
Francesca Condeluci
Associate Director, North America

+1 917 349 1443
Klara Maria Taube
Senior Artist Manager

+49 30 166359852
Maria Meshcherinova
Managerial Assistant

+49 30 166359857

News

Rolando Villazón, Kate Lindsey: Pelléas et Mélisande in Vienna

Rolando Villazón and Kate Lindsey return to the Vienna State Opera in the title roles in Marco Arturo Marelli’s production of Pelléas et Mélisande, conducted by Alain Altinoglu. Villazón and Lindsey can be heard on October 27, 30, November 2 and 5, 2025.
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Kate Lindsey: Maria Stuarda at the Salzburg Festival

Kate Lindsey returns to the Salzburg Festival with a leading role of Elisabetta in the new production of Maria Stuarda by Ulrich Rasche with the music direction by Antonello Manacorda. Singing opposite Lisette Oropesa in the title role, Lindsey can be heard on August 1, 7, 11, 16, 19, 23 and 30.
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Kate Lindsey: Recital in Strasbourg

Kate Lindsey and jazz pianist Baptiste Trotignon perform a recital at the Opéra National du Rhin on June 26, 2025. The program featuring Lieder and songs by Korngold, Zemlinsky and Alma Mahler. Leading the pack is Kurt Weill and his witty compositions from his time spent in Germany, France and the United States.
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Calendar

27
Oct 2025
Vienna -  Pelléas et Mélisande
Vienna State Opera
30
Oct 2025
Vienna -  Pelléas et Mélisande
Vienna State Opera
02
Nov 2025
Linz -  Concert with Concentus Musicus
Brucknerhaus
02
Nov 2025
Vienna -  Pelléas et Mélisande
Vienna State Opera
05
Nov 2025
Vienna -  Pelléas et Mélisande
Vienna State Opera

Pictures

Videos

Joyce DiDonato and Kate Lindsey share their experience of Handel's Agrippina at the Met