As a Harewood Artist with English National Opera, Katie Stevenson has enjoyed recent appearances in Daniel Kramer’s new production of Harrison Birtwistle’s The Mask of Orpheus, as Kate Pinkteron in Anthony Minghella’s celebrated production of Madam Butterfly, and garnered particular attention as Nefertiti in Phelim McDermott’s production of Akhnaten, ​“her sonorous tones a telling counterpoint to Roth Costanzo’s bright falsetto” (Evening Standard). This season Katie sings her first Grimgerde for the company in Richard Jones’ production of The Valkyrie under Martyn Brabbins, as well as for Longborough Festival Opera as part of their new Der Ring des Nibelungen under Anthony Negus.

Further operatic highlights include the title role in Porpora’s rarely performed L’Agrippina for Barber Opera in Birmingham, Third Lady in Die Zauberflöte for both ENO and Garsington in Netia Jones’ new production under Christian Curnyn, and her company debut with Longborough Festival Opera as Flosshilde in Das Rheingold. On the concert platform, Katie made her BBC Proms debut in Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo as part of the Last Night of the Proms, and joined Orquesta Sinfónica Del Principado De Asturias for Kindertotenlieder. In recent months, she has also added Verdi’s Messa da Requiem, Dvořák’s Stabat Mater and Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius to an ever-expanding repertoire. 

In competition, Katie was the recipient of all three prizes at the Wagner Society Singing Competition, culminating in an invitation to attend the Bayreuth Young Scholars Programme, and won the 2016 Marjorie Thomas Art of Song prize.