Handel- Orlando, De Vlaamse Opera Antwerp
"Thus there is only the delectable Canadian Kathleen Brett in the role of the ingenue, Dorinda, who truly carries the show and who plunges the audience into reverie and emotion." --Martine D. Mergeay--L'Express
Featured Soloist, Cincinnatti Pops
There were extraordinary performances by soprano Kathleen Brett, who stepped in for an ill Frederica von Stade to sing a deeply moving "You'll Never Walk Alone" from "Carousel..." --Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnatti Enquirer
Handel- Xerxes (Romilda), Canadian Opera Company
"...Brett's fierce declamations of loyalty are delivered with Callas-like incisiveness..." Geoff Chapman--The Toronto Star
Kathleen Brett has performed extensively throughout the Americas and Europe in a wide range of repertoire in a career that spans three decades.
As a concert artist in Orchestral Broadway Pops and classical repertoire, she has performed and recorded with numerous orchestras including Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Phil, Toronto Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Cincinnati Pops (she sang Marian in the Grammy nominated MUSIC MAN) and is a recurring featured soloist with the Boston Pops. She has been a frequent principal guest artist at Chicago’s RAVINIA Festival, RIVERBEND Festival, (Cincinnati) and MEADOWBROOK Festival, (Detroit) as well as Grant Park Festival in Chicago and the Aldeburgh Festival in the UK.
As a regular principal guest artist in the US and abroad, she has performed leading roles at The Royal Opera Covent Garden, L’Opéra de Monté Carlo, New York City Opera and Lincoln Center, the Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp and Ghent, San Francisco Opera, Dallas Opera, Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro among many others.
Miss Brett divides time between teaching and performing and currently resides in New York City. In addition to her performing career, she studies with Tony Award winner Victoria Clark and Grammy nominated Musical Director Ian Eisendrath and maintains a private voice studio where she teaches in the Broadway Community. Kathleen also teaches regularly at Young Artist Programs and Universities in North America, Europe and through the program she developed with her husband, Director Kelly Robinson, The Active Singing Workshop (activesinging.com) which integrates acting and singing techniques in a unique process.
