Kathleen Kim

"The US-trained Kathleen Kim glittered with astonishing accuracy as Fire, Princess and Nightingale" (Glyndebourne Festival Opera: L’Enfant et les sortilèges – Opera Magazine, September 2012)

“Brandishing her little red book and hurling top notes about with terrifying precision, she brought the house down with her second-act aria – a career-making interpretation, one suspects, of a scene-stealing role” (The Guardian, September 2011)

“Kathleen Kim, with perfect coloratura, electrified the hall as scary Madame Mao” (The Observer, September 2011)

"The child tends the wound of the nightingale (sung by the dazzling Kathleen Kim, who also sings his fairy-tale princess, and tantalises him as fire)" (L'enfant et les sortileges - Glyndebourne - The Sunday Times, August 2012)

"...there are many musical pleasures along the way, including Gadelia’s whispered lament and the plaintive singing of Kathleen Kim’s Princess. (L'enfant et les sortileges - Glyndebourne - The Times, August 2012)

"There is a good ensemble of singers, led by Kathleen Kim in the glittering high soprano roles of Fire and the Princess..." (L'enfant et les sortileges - Glyndebourne - Financial Times, August 2012)

"Kathleen Kim was flawless in her coloratura number and created a enchantingly mischievous fairy" (Cendrillon - Opera de Lille, ResMusica, May 2012)

"The jewel of this evening is certainly the soprano Kathleen Kim... who delivers crystal clear singing, secure high notes and a timbre of exquisite freshness." (Cendrillon - Opera de Lille, ClassiqueInfo, May2012)

"Kathleen Kim as Madame Mao stole the show with her coloratura flights in the bravura number that concludes Act II, and was amusing in her down-and-dirty duet with
the Chairman." (Opera Today, February 2011)

“The coloratura soprano Kathleen Kim delivered the skittish, shrieking vocal lines of the malevolent Madame Mao with maniacal intensity." (The New York Times, February 2011)

“Kathleen Kim’s Olympia was distinguished not just by the brilliance of her acuti but by the charm and sparkle of her voice throughout its range" (Opera News, March 2010)