Kate Warshaw trained at Trinity College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, supported by the Mary Datcherlor Trust and graduating with the Vocal Department Silver Medal. Kate also won a place and spent a year on the ENO’s prestigious training course The Knack.
Since graduating, Kate has toured extensively with opera companies throughout Europe, performing roles including Cupid in Cavalli’s L’Orione (Venetian Opera), Sylvia in Lehár’s The Merry Widow (Opera UK) and Beggar Woman in Britten’s Death in Venice (Aldeburgh Festival 2007). Kate has performed with many of the UK’s Opera companies including Garsington Opera, Raymond Gubbay, and Opera Holland Park. Kate now performs regularly with English National Opera.
Kate has recently returned from a year living and working in Paris for the Grammy nominated French Chamber ensemble Accentus and Emmanuelle Haim’s consort Le Concert d’Astree. While in Paris, Kate worked at the Opera Comique, Chatelet and Opera de Paris under conductors Christophe Eschenbach, Pierre Boulez, and Laurance Equilbey.
As a solo concert artist, Kate has performed at many of the UK’s major concert halls with repertoire including Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Durufle and Mozart’s Requiem and Copland’s In The Beginning.
Last year, Kate sang in Peter Grimes (Best Opera, South Bank Show Awards 2009), Le Grand Macabre and Turandot at ENO as well as Passion Selon Simone for Opera de Paris.
In 2010 Kate sings again with ENO in their productions of Tosca (Puccini), The Pearl Fishers (Bizet) and Faust (Gounod).
“...assisted by the splendid soloists, especially Kate Warshaw (mezzo)....provided some fine performances to make this a truly glorious performance”
John Evans, Henley Standard – Mar 2010
(South Chiltern Choral Society concert, Reading University, 20th March 2010)