| Biography | Katie Trethewey is an English soprano specialising in the performance of Baroque and Classical oratorio. She appears frequently as a soloist at such high-profile UK venues as Londons Cadogan Hall, Wigmore Hall and St Johns, Smith Square, and Symphony Hall in Birmingham.
She was delighted to fulfil a dream and make her solo debut at Londons Royal Albert Hall in 2016, performing, amongst others, the Pie Jesu from Faures Requiem for Carlos Acostas The Classical Farewell tour with Sadlers Wells Royal Ballet. She will be revisiting her association with dance in 2019, singing solos from Orffs Carmina Burana in a programme entitled Music and Dance with Birmingham Royal Ballet.
Described as sensational by Gramophone Magazine in her recording of Nunes Garcias Laudamus te from his Missa Pastoril, Katie has also received great critical acclaim for her performances of Bachs Matthew Passion with Ex Cathedra at Birmingham Symphony Hall and Orffs Carmina Burana for Birmingham Royal Ballet at Birmingham Hippodrome. Also highly regarded were her performances of Bachs Laudamus Te from his Mass in B minor with Tenebrae and the Academy of Ancient Music, and the role of Dido in Purcells Dido and Aeneas at Birmingham Town Hall.
Katie sang the role of Anne Hathaway in the world premiere of Sally Beamishs A Shakespeare Masque, with poetry by Carol Ann Duffy, and the arias of Mrs Bartelomon in a reconstructed performance of The Garrick Ode by Thomas Arne, in several performances across the UK, including Milton Court at the Barbican Centre, London. Her photograph by the BBC of her in costume as Anne Hathaway has even made it onto the cover of a recently published book entitled New Places: Shakespeare and Civiv Creativity!
2018 began with a performance of Mozarts concert aria No, che non sei apace and Mass in C minor with Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and the year so far has also included several performances of Carissimis Jephte with Ex Cathedra, singing the role of Filia, and several performances of Bachs St Matthew Passion.
She is increasingly in demand on the continent, recently performing William Boyces Solomon with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at the Händel-Festspiele in Halle, Germany. Katie will return to Halle in June 2019 to perform solos in Handels Messiah with Tenebrae and the Academy of Ancient Music.
A music graduate of Birmingham University, she later gained a Post-Graduate Diploma (Distinction) in singing from Birmingham Conservatoire. |