Resident Artists

Katherine Dobbs · mezzo-soprano

AVA Second-year Resident Artist

Hometown

Houston, Texas

Education:
Rice University (MM), DePauw University (BM)

Awards:
The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, Middle Atlantic Region (3rd Place), The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, Philadelphia District (District Winner), The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, Philadelphia District (Encouragement Award), The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Houston’s Career Grant Competition (2nd place), Miller Family Music Education Scholarship (scholarship winner).

Recent Roles:
Clairon in Capriccio, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro (The Academy of Vocal Arts), Mother Goose (cover) In The Rake’s Progress (Des Moines Metro Opera), Beppe in L’amico Fritz, and Marthe in Faust (The Academy of Vocal Arts), Lucretia in The Rape of Lucretia and Filipievna in Eugene Onegin (Rice University), Ježibaba in Rusalka (LAH-SOW), Ottavia in L’incoronazione di Poppea, Mrs. Jones in Street Scene (Rice University).

Roles at AVA