Winner of the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize at Cardiff Singer of the World, 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’Ulisse in 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. Her interest in the music of Weill and cabaret has led to staged productions of this music, including Effigies of Wickedness, based on songs banned by the Nazis, at the Gate Theatre Notting Hill. Katie’s debut album In Search of Youkali – Songs of Kurt Weill was released on Chandos Records in early 2026.