Katie Van Kooten has appeared numerous times at HGO, including as the Mother Abbess in the outdoor singalong My Favorite Things (2021), Tatyana in Eugene Onegin (2015), Elisabetta in Mary Stuart (2012), Mimi in La bohème (2012), Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes (2010), and Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2009). American soprano Katie Van Kooten’s operatic and concert appearances continue to thrill audiences and garner praise for her “powerful, gleaming soprano.” During the 2022-23 season, Van Kooten debuted at both Utah Opera and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in the title role of Tosca. This season she debuted with Seattle Opera as Freia in Das Rheingold. Her concert engagements include performances of Vaughan William’s A Sea Symphony with the St. Louis Symphony under the baton of Stéphane Denève. Career highlights include her house debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Magda in La Rondine; Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at Dallas Opera; Elettra in Idomeneo and Vitellia in La Clemenza di Tito at Oper Frankfurt; and Mimì and the Countess at Lyric Opera of Kansas City.