Soprano Katherine Weber made her company debut in the title role of Iolanta by Tchaikovsky with Chicago Opera Theater in the fall of 2018, where she was described by Opera News as “gleaming, responsive soprano distinguished by an incisive thrust in the upper register and a very individual splash of citrus in the timbre that was particularly appealing.”  She also returned to Du Page Opera in 2020, in Chicago, performing the role of Valencienne in The Merry Widow.  In the previous seasons she performed the role of Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus and in 2018 the role of Violetta in La Traviata.  Katherine has also made company debuts as Violetta in La Traviata with the Boulder Symphony and the Aspen Music Festival, where she sang under the baton of George Manahan.  As Violetta, she was described by Opera News as “confident singing actress with a magnetic stage presence and abundant potential” who “sang the most demanding of arias with seemingly little effort.”  Katherine is an American soprano living in the Netherlands.  She recently performed her first Mahler 4 with the Noord Nederland Orkest and is looking forward to performing and recording projects here with the Zemlinsky Chamber Orchestra.