Katerina
Burton
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Upcoming Engagements
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Set your heart ablaze.
Ignite your senses and surrender to the intoxicating allure of young love. Set against the backdrop of Paris, a group of bohemian artists find solace and comradery in their shared dreams. In their frosty attic, a chance encounter ignites a romance between the seamstress Mimì and the poet Rodolfo. Their love flourishes in winter’s chill…yet as winter gives way to spring, the realities of the world begin to cast a shadow over their idyllic affair. In the face of adversity, Mimì and Rodolfo must confront the painful truth that like the seasons, some love affairs must come to an end.
With soaring arias and electrifying duets, Puccini’s La bohème will sweep you away. Join us for a night of spellbinding storytelling!
Katerina Burton
Mimì
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Marika Yasuda
Repetiteur
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Recent Highlights
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PCE’s seasonal favorite returns with a stirring program for chorale and orchestra that celebrates the universal expression of the human spirit through music. Amazing Grace, perhaps the most universal of folk hymns, has inspired people all around the world for centuries. This new year, we feature works by George Walker, Gustav Mahler, Margaret Bonds, Luciano Berio, and the DC premiere of Jeffrey Mumford’s extraordinary cello concerto with soloist Annie Jacobs-Perkins, winner of the 2023 Pierre Fournier Award.
As a special tribute, PCE will present Mr. Mumford with PCE’s American Roots Artist Award for his outstanding contributions to the American music. Bring the family, and join us in singing Amazing Grace with the whole ensemble at the end of the evening.
Katerina Burton
Soprano Soloist
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Be among the first to hear this powerful new NSO co-commission, performed on the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 speech at Amherst College. The program also includes Duke Ellington’s swinging trip to Jazz-age Harlem and John Adams’ Harmonielehre, inspired by the composer’s vision of an oil tanker blasting into space. Kevin John Edusei conducts, joined by Phylicia Rashad providing narration and sung by Katerina Burton, soprano.
Katerina Burton
Soprano Soloist
Dates
Biography
American vocalist Katerina Burton, acclaimed for her “rich and warm” singing (Opera Wire) is a recent graduate of the Cafritz Young Artist program at Washington National Opera where she made a thrilling role debut as Micaëla in Francesca Zambello’s acclaimed production of Carmen. The 2023-2024 season features many role and company debuts, including her debut as Mimì in Puccini’s La bohème with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, the world premiere of Adolphus Hailstork’s comissioned work JFK: The Last Speech with the National Symphony Orchestra which will feature Kevin John Edusei’s skillful conducting as well as narration by Phylicia Rashad. Ms. Burton also made significant debuts last season as a soprano soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Gianandrea Noseda in Bach’s Magnificat and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, the soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9 with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Marin Alsop, and a thrilling debut with the Richmond Symphony performing Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony. She joined Aspen Music Festival as a Renée Fleming Artist where she debuted the role of Alice Ford in Verdi’s Falstaff starring opposite acclaimed bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel.
Additional career highlights include Ms. Burton’s work on the world-premiere recording of Jeanine Tesori’s Blue, which was awarded “Best New Opera”of 2020 (Music Critics Association of America). Burton also originated the roles of Verna, Young Lovely, and Evelyn in the world premiere of Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up In My Bones with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and later that season completed her first engagement at The Metropolitan Opera, hand-selected as an ensemble member for their GRAMMY Award-winning production of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess.
Burton completed her graduate studies at The Juilliard School, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from Towson University. She is a proud recipient of multiple awards including the 2022 Sara Tucker Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation, the 2021 William Matheus Sullivan Foundation Award (in memory of Rose Bampton), the Novick Career Advancement Grant, as well as the Gaddes Career Award presented by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
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