{"id":4003,"date":"2024-02-29T12:23:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T11:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/?p=4003"},"modified":"2026-09-15T11:34:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T09:34:35","slug":"kathryn-lewek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centrestagemanagement.com\/en\/artists\/soprano\/kathryn-lewek\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathryn Lewek"},"content":{"rendered":"

American soprano Kathryn Lewek is a born communicator. Combining charismatic stage presence with a voice of sumptuous range, crystalline purity, and rich emotional power, she headlines major productions at the foremost opera houses and festivals worldwide, from New York\u2019s Metropolitan Opera to Austria\u2019s Salzburg Festival. Lauded in an increasingly diverse array of leading lyric soprano and dramatic coloratura roles\u2014including Mozart\u2019s Queen of the Night, the signature role with which she has repeatedly broken records\u2014Lewek also wins accolades for her orchestral collaborations and sensitive interpretations of contemporary music. As the New York Times<\/em> recognizes, \u201csinging like Lewek\u2019s is what the magic of opera is all about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Building on a recent period of significant repertoire expansion, Lewek\u2019s 2026\/27 season reflects her unique versatility as she continues to broaden her artistry through a series of role debuts, including Fiordiligi in Cos\u00ec fan tutte<\/em><\/strong> at the Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg, Pamina in Die Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/em><\/strong> at The Metropolitan Opera (alternating performances with her signature role of Queen of the Night), and Li\u00f9 in Turandot<\/em><\/strong> at Cincinnati Opera. She will also return to repertoire closely associated with her artistry, including Violetta Val\u00e9ry in La traviata<\/em> <\/strong>for her house debut at the Canadian Opera Company, Konstanze in Die Entf\u00fchrung aus dem Serail<\/em> <\/strong>at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Olympia\/Giulietta in Les Contes d’Hoffman<\/em> <\/strong>at Berlin Staatsoper, Cun\u00e9gonde in Candide<\/em><\/strong> at the Grand Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Gen\u00e8ve, and Musetta in La boh\u00e8me<\/em> at The Metropolitan Opera. On the concert stage, Ms. Lewek performs Verdi\u2019s monumental Messa da Requiem<\/em><\/strong> with both Fairfield County Chorale and Toledo Symphony, appears in concert with Musikfestspiele Potsdam, and joins her husband, tenor Zach Borichevsky, for a concert appearance with the Danbury Concert Association. Future seasons will see her in leading roles at The Metropolitan Opera, Op\u00e9ra National de Paris, Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es, Royal Ballet and Opera Covent Garden and Atlanta Opera, among others.<\/p>\n

Recent seasons have seen the expansion of Lewek\u2019s repertoire and her presence in leading roles on the world\u2019s foremost stages. She has collaborated with acclaimed directors including Calixto Bieito, Barrie Kosky, Simon McBurney, and Peter Sellers as well as some of the world\u2019s preeminent conductors including Marin Alsop, James Conlon, Gustavo Dudamel, Jane Glover and Donald Runnicles bringing her signature coloratura brilliance to iconic roles while also increasingly embracing the full lyric and dramatic capabilities of her voice. Notable career highlights on the opera stage include the Four Heroines in Les Contes d\u2019Hoffmann<\/em><\/strong>, <\/em>Eurydice in Orph\u00e9e aux Enfers and Ginevra opposite Cecilia Bartoli in Handel\u2019s Ariodante<\/em><\/strong> at the Salzburg Festival, Handel\u2019s Alcina<\/em><\/strong> in concert performances in Paris, Barcelona, and Montpellier with Ensemble Artaserse, Elettra in Mozart\u2019s Idomeneo<\/em><\/strong> at La Monnaie, Salome<\/em><\/strong> at Cincinnati Opera, Juliette in Rom\u00e9o et Juliette<\/em><\/strong> at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es, Lakm\u00e9<\/em><\/strong>, Lucia di Lammermoor<\/em><\/strong> and Violetta Val\u00e9ry in La Traviata<\/em><\/strong> all at Opera Nice C\u00f4te d’Azur, Gilda in Rigoletto<\/em><\/strong> at LA Opera, Countess Ad\u00e8le in Rossini\u2019s Le comte Ory<\/strong><\/em> at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Teresa in Berlioz\u2019s Benvenuto Cellini<\/em> <\/strong>at Barcelona\u2019s Gran Teatre del Liceu, Konstanze in Die Entf\u00fchrung aus dem Serail<\/em> <\/strong>at Deutsche Oper Berlin and Munich\u2019s Bavarian State Opera, Angelica in Handel\u2019s Orlando<\/em><\/strong> on a European tour with Italy\u2019s Il Pomo d\u2019Oro ensemble, after d\u00e9buting the role at Australia\u2019s Hobart Baroque Festival, for which she won the coveted Helpmann Award and creating the role of Jessica in the Bregenz Festival\u2019s world premiere production of Andr\u00e9 Tchaikowsky\u2019s The Merchant of Venice<\/em>,<\/strong> which was awarded Best World Premiere at the 2014 International Opera Awards.<\/p>\n

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Concert highlights include Mozart and Salieri<\/em> with the Vienna Philharmonic, Handel\u2019s Messiah<\/em><\/strong> with the Oratorio Society of New York at Carnegie Hall, Celebrating Leonard Bernstein at 100<\/em> with Washington National Opera, Bach\u2019s B-minor Mass<\/em> <\/strong>with Chicago\u2019s Soli deo Gloria ensemble, Bach\u2019s Christmas Oratorio<\/em> <\/strong>with the Orchestre symphonique de Montr\u00e9al, Orff\u2019s Carmina Burana<\/em><\/strong> with the Dallas Symphony, and Haydn\u2019s Creation<\/em> under John Nelson\u2019s leadership as well as creating the soprano role in the world premiere of Music for New Bodie<\/em>s<\/strong>, a DaCamera co-commission from Matthew Aucoin. She also regularly performs in gala concerts and solo recitals nationwide, sometimes in collaboration with her husband, tenor Zach Borichevsky. In response to the global food crisis, the couple recently streamed a special concert to benefit the United Nations World Food Program.<\/p>\n

As a recording artist, Lewek made her operatic album d\u00e9but with a pair of German rarities, Orff\u2019s Gisei<\/em><\/strong> and Weingartner\u2019s Die Dorfschule<\/em>,<\/strong> both recorded live for the CPO label at Deutsche Oper Berlin. More recently, two of her Salzburg successes were captured live for Blu-Ray DVD release by Unitel Edition: Ariodante and Orph\u00e9e aux Enfers, which was nominated for a 2021 International Classical Music Award. Other operatic releases include Handel\u2019s Apollo e Dafne<\/em><\/strong> and Armida abbandonata, both recorded with Il Pomo D\u2019Oro for Pentatone. Lewek also performs contemporary American Arts Songs on two Albany Records titles: Kathryn Lewek sings Cary Ratcliff<\/em>, recorded with the composer at the piano, and Quicksilver<\/em>, which features her account of David Liptak\u2019s Songs for Persephone<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Lewek first garnered international acclaim as Mozart\u2019s notoriously difficult Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute<\/em><\/strong>. With the New York Times<\/em> dubbing her \u201cThe Queen of the Queens of the Night,\u201d Lewek has firmly established herself as the preeminent interpreter of Mozart\u2019s iconic dramatic coloratura role. Since making her debut as the Queen in 2011, she has performed the formidably challenging role more than 350 times with leading companies worldwide, including London\u2019s Royal Opera House, Vienna State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bavarian State Opera, Teatro Real Madrid, Royal Danish Opera, Festival d\u2019Aix-en-Provence, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, and The Metropolitan Opera, where she holds the company record with 85 performances. As The New Yorker<\/em>\u2019s Alex Ross observes, \u201cshe executes this stratospherically difficult role better than anyone alive.\u201d Her acclaimed portrayal has also been featured twice in The Metropolitan Opera\u2019s Live in HD cinema broadcasts, first in Julie Taymor\u2019s beloved holiday production and again in Simon McBurney\u2019s celebrated staging, which captured her record-breaking 50th performance as the Queen.<\/p>\n

At the 2013 Operalia World Opera Competition, Kathryn Lewek took two top prizes, the highly competitive Audience Favorite Award among them. A graduate of the University of Rochester\u2019s Eastman School of Music, where she earned bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in voice performance and literature, she lives in Connecticut with her husband and their two young children.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 CSAM, August 2026<\/p>\n

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