Layout Provided By FreeCodeSource.com - Myspace LayoutsKathrine, a young soprano from California, is currently exploring the world of Opera and Art song at The Boston Conservatory. She is currently a student of Soprano Sara Goldstein. Her previous teachers include Baritone Michael Sokol, Baritone Lynn Stradley, Soprano Roberta Mumm and mezzo-soprano Michele Detwiler. Kathrine competed in the 2006 SJNATS competition, winning in her division. She has sung scenes from the roles of Bastienne in Mozart's "Bastien und Bastienne", Gretel in Humperdink's "hansel und Gretel", Adina in Donizetti's "Le Elisir d'amore", " Susanna in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro," Laeticia in Menotti's "The old maid and the thief," Oscar in Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera," Costance in Poulenc's "Dialogues of the Carmelites," and Ilia in Mozart's "Idomeneo." Her full roles include Zerlina in Mozart's "Don Giovanni and Noemie in Massenet's "Cendrillon." She has been a member of the Sacramento Opera Chorus since their 2006/2007 season singing in Aida and Carmen. This season she is in the choruses of Otello and Tosca. Over the summer she sang in the chorus for Beethoven's Ninth symphony in the Tahoe music festival. She was also the featured soprano when CSUS Symphonic Winds played Ron Nelson's Aspen Jubilee.
Her previous experience includes some broadway and operetta such as, Peep-Bo in Gilbert and Sullivan's "Mikado," Christine in Andrew Loyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera," and Mrs. MacAffee in "Bye Bye Birdie."
"I especially liked the voice and presentation of Kathrine Bamfield as Susanna. Her voice has both the focused beauty and penetrating qualities that could take her as far as she wants to go. She's also cute. Buona fortuna." - Dr. B
