Kitty Whately
Mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately has been highly visible in Britain since being designated a BBC New Generation Artist from 2013 to 2015. Unusually versatile, she has performed opera, choral music, and lieder, and her repertory ranges from Gilbert and Sullivan to contemporary works.
Born Catherine Whately in London in 1983, she was the daughter of actor Kevin Whately. She appeared on television as the daughter of his onscreen character in the series Auf Wiedersehen. Whately was raised partly in northern England and attended Chetham's School of Music in Manchester. There, she appeared as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. She went on to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and then the Royal College of Music International School. After winning several significant prizes, she was admitted to the Verbier Festival Academy, appearing there as Cherubino in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro. These successes led to her designation as a BBC New Generation Artist in 2013 and to the chance to record her debut album, the song recital This Other Eden, on the Champs Hill label.
Since then, Whately has been a familiar figure on operatic stages, and not only in Britain. She appeared as Isabelle in Bernard Herrmann's Wuthering Heights at L'Opéra National de Lorraine in France. At the Royal Opera House in London, she appeared as Mother/Other Mother in the world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage's opera Coraline, and she has been noted for championing contemporary works. At the Three Choirs Festival, she was heard in a new work by Sally Beamish, and she commissioned a song cycle from composer Jonathan Dove. Whately has made several more recordings on Champs Hill, and in 2019, she joined baritone Roderick Williams on The Song of Love, a collection of little-known material by Ralph Vaughan Williams. She remained active through the COVID-19 pandemic, appearing on the 2021 Chandos release The Harmonious Echo: Songs of Sir Arthur Sullivan and on Signum Classics' The Complete Songs of Fauré, Vol. 4. In 2023, she issued the solo recital Befreit: A Soul Surrendered on Chandos. Whately is the co-founder of the charity SWAP'ra (Supporting Women and Parents in Opera).
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5 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Befreit – A Soul Surrendered
Kitty Whately, Joseph Middleton
Mélodies & Lieder - Paru chez Chandos le 10 févr. 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
The Song of Love
Roderick Williams, Kitty Whately, William Vann
Classique - Paru chez Albion le 13 août 2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Nights Not Spent Alone: Complete Works for Mezzo-Soprano by Jonathan Dove
Musique vocale (profane et sacrée) - Paru chez Champs Hill Records le 2 juin 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Stanford: Children's Songs
Gareth Brynmor John, Kitty Whately, Susie Allan
Classique - Paru chez SOMM Recordings le 19 août 2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
This Other Eden: A Landscape of English Poetry and Song
Kitty Whately, Joseph Middleton, Kevin Whatley
Musique vocale (profane et sacrée) - Paru chez Champs Hill Records le 9 mars 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo