Katherine Wiswell, dramatic mezzo-soprano, has sung a wide range of both operatic and concert performances in the NY Metropolitan area. Ms. Wiswell was pleased to recently make her international debut in Berlin, Germany, as Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro under the baton of Maestro Peter Leonard and the stage direction of Nina Brazier with the esteemed Berlin Opernfest. The Prickle – Smart Arts Reviews said of Ms. Wiswell in that performance: “Katherine Wiswell’s Marcellina was particularly adept at merging technical mastery with truth in storytelling. A veritable trove of young operatic talent who impressed by tackling the mammoth production head-on.”

Ms. Wiswell’s passion for the stage and dramatic vocal presence is well evidenced by the many roles she has performed including: Azucena (Il Trovatore), Grimgerde (Die Walküre), Mère Marie (Dialogues des Carmélites), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Third Lady (Die Zauberflöte), La Principessa (Suor Angelica), Annina and Flora (La Traviata), Suzuki (Madame Butterfly), and Alisa (Lucia di Lammermoor), amongst others.

Ms. Wiswell shows herself equally versatile in concert repertoire. She sang as the featured mezzo soloist in Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy in David Geffin Hall at Lincoln Center. She has also been a featured soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Vivaldi’s Dixit Dominos, Mozart’s Requiem and Regina Coeli, and in Mendelssohn’s Elijah.

Although Ms. Wiswell is a current resident of New York City, she is a proud native of rural Upstate NY, where she was raised on a small dairy farm. Ms. Wiswell studies with internationally acclaimed soprano, Shelley Jameson.