KATHLEEN FELTY
MEZZO SOPRANO
"Kathleen Felty made a most impressive Haymarket debut in the trousers role of Andronico, Asteria’s perpetually flummoxed lover. The mezzo’s voice has a contralto-like depth yet Felty brought great flexibility to her showy arias as well as expressive sensitivity to “Bella Asteria” and “Benche mi sprezzi.”
Her natural, understated acting made Andronico the most rounded and believable character onstage."
Chicago Classical Review
"I left the hall wanting to hear more of mezzo-soprano Kathleen Felty, whose voice was warm and rich..."
The Washington Post
"Her bold, honeyed mezzo seemed to float through the theater."
Shmopera
"A powerful mezzo-soprano voice, rich and nuanced”
Cultural Voice North Carolina
Kathleen Felty is an alumna of the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center and returned in 2023 to perform in the world premiere of “Proximity” and Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman” (Mary, cover). Felty’s other notable engagements with the Lyric include Laura/ “Luisa Miller”, Third Lady/ “The Magic Flute”, Flosshilde/ “Twilight Gods”, Carmen/ “The Magic Victrola”, alto soloist/Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Sara and Anna/ “The Three Queens ft. Sondra Radvanovsky”, and “Rising Stars in Concert”. She joined Wolf Trap Opera in 2023 as Athamas/ “Semele” and Marthe/ “Faust” and returned to the Santa Fe Opera in 2022 as Mercédès/ “Carmen”. She has also performed with Des Moines Metro Opera, Dayton Opera, North Carolina Opera, Santa Fe Symphony, and Camerata Chicago.
