KATHLEEN KESKE
    
    SOPRANO
    
    UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS
            
    A.F.R.A.I.D.            Senza Bliss     English  Brooklyn Repertory      2006
                                                        Opera
    Goetterdaemerung Act II Bruennhilde     German   West Side Opera         2007
 
    OPERATIC EXPERIENCE
 
    A.F.R.A.I.D.            Senza Bliss     English  NY Fringe Festival      2005
    Goetterdaemerung, Act 1 Bruennhilde     German   West Side Opera         2003
    French Duet Concert     Dido (Troyens)  French   West Side Opera         2003
    Siegfried               Bruennhilde     German   West Side Opera         2002
    Puccini Gala            Tosca           Italian  West Side Opera         2001
    Ariadne auf Naxos       Ariadne         German   Opera Enterprise        2001
    Puccini Gala            Tosca           Italian  West Side Opera         2000
    Don Giovanni            Donna Anna      Italian  Musicians Foundation    2000
    Incident at San Bajo    Crystal(reading)English  Riverside Opera         2000
    Don Giovanni            Donna Anna      Italian  JASA Sunday Series      2000 
    Die Fledermaus          Rosalinda       English  Trinity Church Series   1999
    Oberon                  Rezia           English  Opera Nova              1999
    German Opera Gala       Elsa, Arabella  German   West Side Opera         1998
    Hansel & Gretel         Gertrude        English  Regina Opera            1998
    Lohengrin               Elsa            German   West Side Opera         1998        
    Le Nozze di Figaro      Contessa        English  Stony Hill Players      1998
    Die Walkuere            Ortlinde        German   NY Opera Forum          1998
    Hansel & Gretel         Gertrude        English  Opera Nova              1997
    Die Walkuere            Sieglinde       German   West Side Opera         1997
    Tannhaeuser (cover)     Venus/Elizabeth German   Operaspectives          1997
    Fidelio                 Leonore         German   Anchorage Opera         1996
    Das Rheingold           Freia           German   West Side Opera         1996
    Otello                  Desdemona       Italian  Manhattan Opera Theatre 1995
    Die Walkuere            Sieglinde       German   Manhattan Opera Theatre 1995
    Cosi Fan Tutte          Fiordiligi      Italian  St. Barthelemy Festival 1994
    Die Fledermaus          Rosalinda       English  St. Barthelemy Festival 1994
               
    ADDITIONAL REPERTOIRE
    
    MacBeth               - Lady MacBeth    Andrea Chenier        - Maddalena	
    Un Ballo in Maschera  - Amelia          Fancuilla del West    - Minnie
    La Forza del Destino  - Leonore         Manon Lescaut         - Manon
    Aida                  - Aida            Fliegende Hollaender  - Senta
               
    ADDITIONAL COMPANIES
               
    Long Wharf Theatre (CT), June Opera Festival (NJ), Kurt Reiman Theatre (NY)
    Salisbury Lyric Opera (MA), Chamber Opera Theatre of NY, Queens Opera (NY),
    Light Opera Works (IL)
               
    ORATORIO EXPERIENCE
               
    Hear My Prayer Cantata     Mendelssohn       First Presbyterian Church, NY
    Oratorio de Noel           Saint-Seans       First Presbyterian Church, NY                
    Lord Nelson Mass           Hayden            First Presbyterian Church, NY
    Judas Maccabaeus           Handel            Catskill Chorale Society
    Elijah                     Mendelssohn       Chicago String Ensemble
    Die Erste
      Walpurgisnacht (cover)   Mendelssohn       Chicago Symphony Orchestra
    Messiah                    Handel            Chicago String Ensemble
    Messiah                    Handel            Opera Racine Orchestra
    Serenade to Music          Vaughan Williams  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
    Requiem                    Mozart            Liberty-Freemont Concert Society
    Te Deum (cover)            Bruckner          Chicago Symphony Orchestra
    Gloria                     Vivaldi           Chicago String Ensemble
    Nine Lessons of Christmas  La Montaine       Evanston Classic Chorale
    Requiem                    Durufle           Chicago String Ensemble
    B Minor Mass               Bach              Chicago String Ensemble
    Requiem                    Mozart            Chicago String Ensemble
    Magnificat                 Bach              Chicago String Ensemble
    
    CONCERTS
              	
    NY Library Concert              Opera/Operetta Concert       Brooklyn, NY
    NY Masonic Lodge Concert        American Classical Favorites New York, NY
    Regina Opera                    Operatic Concert             Brooklyn, NY
    St. Hilda's House Benefit       Songs by Michael Fiacc       New York, NY
    Brooklyn Conservatory of Music  Chansons madecasses (Ravel)  Brooklyn, NY
    WQXR - Robert Sherman
      The Listening Room            Operatic Concert             New York, NY
    Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra      Operatic Concert             Brooklyn, NY  
    Valparaiso University           Recital                      Valparaiso, IN
    Light Opera Works               Operetta Concerts            Evanston, IL
    Midwest Composers Symposium     four haiku (Dennis Morris)   Champaign, IL
    Young Audiences of Chicago      Intro to Opera programs      Chicago, IL
    Midwest Composers Symposium     Cedar River Monologues
                                      (Place-Badarek)            Iowa City, IA
    Lyric Opera Guild               Operatic Concert             Chicago, IL
    Bel Canto Opera                 Operatic Concert             Chicago, IL
    
    COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS 
     
    Liederkranz Foundation Compeition              Finalist
    Dicapo Opera Competition                       Finalist
    Queens Opera Competition                       Finalist
    Amato Opera Competition                        Finalist
    Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions  Semi-finalist
    Margaret Hillis Fellowship Fund Award
    National Federation of Music Clubs             Biennial Award
               
    VOICE TEACHERS
               
    Enza Ferrari, Brian Jauhiainen, Barbara Conrad, Patricia Sage, Sam Sakarian,
    David Jones, Whitfield Lloyd, Norman Gulbrandsen,Esther Andreas, Joseph McCall
        
    VOCAL COACHES
                       
    Walter Taussig, Richard Woitach, David Triestram, Benton Hess, Arlene Shrut, 
    Douglas Martin, Steven Elderedge, Bernard Lefort, Martial Singher, 
    Jeffrey Tate, Eduardo Mueller, Janine Reiss, Beverly Wolf
               
    CONDUCTORS
               
    Stephen Sulich, Margaret Hillis, Raymond Leppard, Daniel Barenboim, Akira Endo,
    Christopher Fectea,u Martin Rutishauser, Nathan Matthews, Murry Sidlin,
    Jose Alejandro Guzman, Roger Malouf, Dr. Stephen Kramer, Susan Stoderl
               
    STAGE DIRECTORS
               
    Arvin Brown, Michael Ehrman, Steven Pickover, Debra Karner, Seymour Barab
    Wesley Balk, Philip Kraus, Linda Cantoni, Thaddeus Motyka, Robert Turner
               
    UNION AFFILIATIONS
                      
    AGMA and AEA