Winner of the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize at Cardiff Singer of the World 2019, British mezzo soprano Katie Bray has become known for her magnetic stage presence and gleaming, expressive tone.
In the opera house her roles have included Hansel Hansel and Gretel, Rosina Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Varvara Katya Kabanova, Nancy Albert Herring, Zerlina Don Giovanni, Juno Semele, Zenobia Radamisto, Minerva Il ritorno d’Ulissein patria, Zaida Il turco in Italia, Isolier Le Comte Ory and Vivaldi’s Griselda (title role) for companies including English National Opera, Irish National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera, Garsington Opera, Grange Park Opera and Opera Holland Park.
Noted for her interpretations of baroque repertoire she has received regular invitations from early music groups including Academy of Ancient Music, Irish Baroque Orchestra, The English Concert, Barokksolistene, Monteverdi Choir, Wroclaw Baroque, La Nuova Musica and Spira Mirabilis with conductors including Harry Bicket, Laurence Cummings, Bjarte Eike, Peter Whelan and John Eliot Gardiner.
Highlights this 25/26 season include singing Rosmira Partenope at English National Opera under Christian Curnyn, Bach’s B Minor Mass with Irish Baroque Orchestra under Peter Whelan, a Messiah tour to Tenerife and Madrid with The Sixteen, Dido Dido and Aeneas with Royal Northern Sinfonia directed by Bjarte Eike and also performing St Marcus Passion with the Arctic Philharmonic.