British mezzo-soprano Katie Stevenson has established herself as a new generation Wagnerian talent, joining Valentin Schwarz’s staging of Der Ring des Nibelungen at the 2022 Bayreuther Festspiele as Flosshilde and Rossweisse, conducted by Cornelius Meister. In the UK, Katie was seen as Grimgerde in Richard Jones’ new production of The Valkyrie for English National Opera and reunited with the director the following season as Flosshilde in The Rheingold, before completing the Ring cycle at Longborough Festival Opera as Flosshilde in Götterdämmerung under Anthony Negus.
Most recently Katie covered Flosshilde in Das Rheingold at The Royal Opera House. As a Harewood Artist with ENO, Katie Stevenson has enjoyed appearances as Kate Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly), in Harrison Birtwistle’s The Mask of Orpheus, in the world premiere of Nico Muhly’s Marnie, and as Nefertiti in Akhnaten. Further highlights include Porpora’s L’Agrippina (title role) for Barber Opera, and Die Zauberflote (Dritte Dame) for both ENO and Garsington. On the concert platform, Katie made her BBC Proms debut in Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music under Sakari Oramo as part of the Last Night of the Proms, joined Orquesta Sinfónica Del Principado De Asturias for Kindertotenlieder, and performed Shostakovich’s Six Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva in a staged version for English Touring Opera.