Katherine DeYoung

Mezzo-Soprano

Ryan Opera Center Ensemble

Katherine DeYoung is sponsored by lead sponsors Dr. and Mrs. Mark F. Kozloff and cosponsors Cynthia Vahlkamp and Robert Kenyon.

Third-year Ryan Opera Center mezzo-soprano Katherine DeYoung is a native of Traverse City, Michigan. As a member of the 2019/20 Detroit Opera Studio, she was heard as the Sandman/Hansel and Gretel, the Old Lady/Candide, the Mother/Amahl and the Night Visitors, and Mae/The Grapes of Wrath. In 2018 and 2019 she participated in The Santa Fe Opera’s Apprentice Singer program. Competition successes include National Semi-Finalist in the 2020 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, Finalist and Online Viewers’ Choice Award winner in Houston Grand Opera’s 31st Eleanor McCollum Competition, and participant in the internationally celebrated Neue Stimmen Competition in Gütersloh, Germany. Following studies at Michigan State University, DeYoung received a master’s degree in voice performance from the University of Houston, where she portrayed Isabella/L’italiana in Algeri, Fidalma/The Secret Marriage, Gertrude/Romeo and Juliet, Elizabeth Proctor/The Crucible, and Lady Sneerwell/Robert Nelson’s The School for Scandal (world premiere). Other performing credits include the title role/Carmen with Opera in the Ozarks.

During the 2020/21 season DeYoung appeared in the Ryan Opera Center’s virtual programs Sole e Amore with Enrique Mazzola, Magical Music Around the World, and Rising Stars in Concert.

At Lyric during the 2021/22 season, DeYoung performed in Sunday in the Park with Lyric’s Rising Stars and as Second Lady/The Magic Flute.

During the 2022/23 Lyric season, in addition to appearing in Ernani and Carmen.

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Ryan Opera Center At Work: “Deck the Halls"

‘Tis the season to be jolly, and this video from our Ryan Opera Center At Work series is sure to put you in the holiday spirit. Here, Ensemble members Mathilda Edge (soprano), Katherine DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), Martin Luther Clark (tenor), and Rivers Hawkins (bass) perform the classic carol with Chris Reynolds on piano.

"Das Zauberlied” with Martin Luther Clark and the 2020/21 Ryan Opera Center Ensemble

In this lively excerpt from Magical Music Around the World, tenor Martin Luther Clark performs "Das Zauberlied” (“The Magic Song”) with the 2020/21 Ryan Opera Center Ensemble and Music Director Craig Terry on piano.

“Sole e amore” with Katherine DeYoung

The title of our virtual concert, Sole e amore (Sun and love), comes from this Puccini song of the same name. Here, first-year mezzo-soprano Katherine DeYoung and Maestro Enrique Mazzola perform the beautiful song which first appeared in the musical supplement of Paganini magazine in 1888 and was later incorporated into the hit opera La bohème.

Sole e Amore (Sun and Love)

Revel in the sounds of Italy with Sole e Amore (Sun and Love), the latest concert from Lyric Opera of Chicago and The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center.

Ryan Opera Center At Work: “Simple Child”

In this installment of our Ryan Opera Center At Work series, first-year mezzo-soprano Katherine DeYoung performs the heart wrenching aria "Simple Child" from Ricky Ian Gordon and Michael Korie's 2007 opera The Grapes of Wrath—based on John Steinbeck's 1939 novel of the same name—with Ryan Opera Center Music Director Craig Terry on piano.

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