Katherine Allen
Soprano
Soprano Katherine Allen made her Australian debut at the Sydney Opera House as Paquette in Bernstein’s Candide in 2018, and this season made her European debut, performing the role of Adela in Reimann’s Bernarda Albas Haus at the Musiktheater im Revier, Germany.
Other roles to date include Katerina Cavalieri in Amadeus (Sydney Opera House/Red Line Productions), Josephine in HMS Pinafore (Hayes Theatre Company), Adele in Die Fledermaus (Lyric Opera Studio Weimar), Anushka in Tymon Zgozelski’s Flights (Tête à Tête Opera Company), along with Erste Dame (Die Zauberflöte) and Servilia (La Clemenza di Tito) with Pacific Opera Company.
Katherine recently completed her Master of Performance at the Royal College of Music, studying with Janis Kelly. Whilst in England she has performed as a soloist at numerous venues, including the Britten Theatre, Chelsea Theatre, and Goodenough College.
In 2019 she graduated with a Bachelor of Music (Performance) from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and was a Young Artist with Pacific Opera from 2017-2020. Katherine was also the 2021 recipient of the Dame Nellie Melba Scholarship, Annie McFarling Opera Scholarship, and Patrick & Vivian Gordon Award with Melba Opera Trust.
She was supported in the UK by the RCM’s Dangoor Scholarship, the Australian Music Foundation, the Ian Potter Cultural Trust, and the Tait Memorial Trust.
