Biography

Soprano Katherine Allen made her Australian debut at the Sydney Opera House as Paquette in Bernstein’s Candide in 2018, and recently returned to this work starring as Cunégonde with Victorian Opera. She made her European debut performing the role of Adela in Reimann’s Bernarda Albas Haus at the Musiktheater im Revier, Germany in 2023.

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.

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Katherine completed her Bachelor of Music at the Sydney Conservatorium in 2019, before moving to the UK to gain a Master of Performance from the Royal College of Music, London. Katherine was a Young Artist with Pacific Opera from 2017-2020 and with the Melba Opera Trust in 2021.

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