Katie Fraser
Artist in Residence
Business Development Manager
Mezzo-soprano Katie Fraser is a recent graduate of the University of British Columbia, BMus (2020) and MMus (2022) in Opera Performance, having studied under the direction of Krisztina Szabó, Heidi Melton and Rhoslyn Jones. Katie is currently completing her diploma in Opera Performance under the tutelage of Nancy Hermiston. Katie was recently seen as the mezzo soloist for the Mozart Coronation Mass and the Haydn Lord Nelson Mass under the baton of Les Dala with the Vancouver Opera Orchestra and Vancouver Bach Choir this past October and as a participant at the Canadian Opera Company Summer Intensive in August. This 2023/2024 season, Katie will be performing the roles of Prince Charming in Massenet’s Cendrillon and Dorabella in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte with the UBC Opera Ensemble, and she is pleased to be returning to the Vancouver Opera chorus for their production of Carmen this Spring. Past credits include Frau Reich in Nicolai’s Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Hansel in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, Jezibaba in Dvorak’s Rusalka, Tree Spirit in Shadow Catch, Cherubino in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Tessa in Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Gondoliers, Julia Bertram in Dove’s Mansfield Park with the UBC Opera Ensemble.
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