# Kate Aldrich

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{{Short description|American mezzo-soprano (born 1973)}}
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| birth_place        = [Damariscotta](/source/Damariscotta), [Maine](/source/Maine), U.S.
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'''Kate Aldrich''' (born October 31, 1973) is an American [mezzo-soprano](/source/mezzo-soprano).

She has performed with the [Metropolitan Opera](/source/Metropolitan_Opera), [San Francisco Opera](/source/San_Francisco_Opera), [Teatro Colón](/source/Teatro_Col%C3%B3n) in Buenos Aires, the [Hamburg State Opera](/source/Hamburg_State_Opera), [Teatro Regio (Turin)](/source/Teatro_Regio_(Turin)), [Rossini Opera Festival](/source/Rossini_Opera_Festival), [Los Angeles Opera](/source/Los_Angeles_Opera), [Opéra de Montréal](/source/Op%C3%A9ra_de_Montr%C3%A9al), the [Deutsche Oper am Rhein](/source/Deutsche_Oper_am_Rhein) in Düsseldorf, [Teatro Nacional de São Carlos](/source/Teatro_Nacional_de_S%C3%A3o_Carlos) in Lisbon, [National Theatre in Prague](/source/National_Theatre_(Prague)), and the [New York City Opera](/source/New_York_City_Opera).

Her roles include [Carmen](/source/Carmen), [Antoine Mariotte](/source/Antoine_Mariotte)'s Salome, Octavian in ''[Der Rosenkavalier](/source/Der_Rosenkavalier)'', Cesare and Sesto in ''[Giulio Cesare](/source/Giulio_Cesare)'', Isabella in ''[L'italiana in Algeri](/source/L'italiana_in_Algeri)'', Rosina in ''[Il barbiere di Siviglia](/source/Il_barbiere_di_Siviglia)'', Angelina in ''[La Cenerentola](/source/La_Cenerentola)'', Arsace in ''[Semiramide](/source/Semiramide)'', Zelmira in ''[Zelmira](/source/Zelmira)'', Fenena in ''[Nabucco](/source/Nabucco)'', Preziosilla in ''[La forza del destino](/source/La_forza_del_destino)'', Eboli in ''[Don Carlos](/source/Don_Carlos)'', Dalila in ''[Samson et Dalila](/source/Samson_et_Dalila)'', Sesto in ''[La clemenza di Tito](/source/La_clemenza_di_Tito)'', Giulietta in ''[Tales of Hoffmann](/source/The_Tales_of_Hoffmann)'' and Dulcinée in ''[Don Quichotte](/source/Don_Quichotte)''.

Aldrich rose to international fame in 2001 through her starring role in the [Zeffirelli](/source/Zeffirelli) production of ''[Aida](/source/Aida)''. That same year she won the CulturArte Award at the [Operalia International Opera Competition](/source/Operalia_International_Opera_Competition), in 2006 she won the [Alfréd Radok Award](/source/Alfr%C3%A9d_Radok_Awards) and the [Thalia Award](/source/Thalia_Awards) in the Czech Republic.

==Filmography==
*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FWGVWO/ Verdi, ''Aida'' (Zeffirelli, 2001)]
*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000CC2GUI/ ''Roberto Alagna and Friends'' (2005)]
*[https://www.amazon.com/Rossini-Zelmira-Juan-Diego-Florez/dp/B008HC9982/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1349833856&sr=8-2&keywords=aldrich+zelmira/ Rossini, ''Zelmira'' (Rossini Opera Festival, 2009)]

==References==
* {{cite web|url=https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/artists/kate-aldrich|title=Kate Aldrich|publisher=[Opéra National de Paris](/source/Paris_Opera)|access-date=2018-02-02}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070516052704/http://www.katealdrich.com/ Official Kate Aldrich Web Site] created by Seth Ferrante.
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Category:People from Damariscotta, Maine
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Category:Classical musicians from Maine
Category:21st-century American women singers
Category:21st-century American singers
Category:Recipients of the Thalia Award
Category:Lincoln Academy (Maine) alumni

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