Kathleen Myrick Biography

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Kathleen Myrick, Mezzo-Soprano

Biography

Kathleen Myrick, is a native Canadian, and is an increasingly busy artist. Currently residing in Jacksonville, Florida, she has regionally performed the roles of Carmen in Carmen, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Dorabella in Cosi Fan Tutti, The Second Lady in Die Zauberflöte, Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro, The Witch in Hänsel und Gretel, Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, Giulietta in Les Contes d’Hoffman, and Flora in La Traviata, as well as over 40 other leading roles.

After completing the young artist program with Virginia Opera in 2000-2001, she was immediately chosen to perform lead roles with their main stage productions for the following season. In the fall of that year, she performed Mercedes in Carmen (and was the cover for Carmen). Also, she was the "Somewhere Soloist" in Westside Story, in which the Washington Post acclaimed her as giving "the best vocal performance of the evening."

Following Virginia Opera, she was signed by a well known New York agent and began her professional singing career. Some other notable performances include: the title role of Carmen with Amato Opera; the title role in the world premier of Mary Shelley by Mira Spector; a featured soloist at Carnegie Hall in Vivaldi’s Gloria, Hadyn’s Lord Nelson and St. Nicholas Mass; was also personally invited to sing Maddalena from Rigoletto in Cheboksar, Russia at their yearly International Festival; and had the privilege to perform the world premiere of Cinderella by Seymour Barab, as the role of Cinderella’s Mother.

Recently, in September of 2008, she performed the Verdi Requiem, under the baton of James Levine, with the Metropolitan Opera Chorus. This was a high tribute to the recent death of Pavarotti. In October she performed Carmen with South Mountain Opera Works, in November was the mezzo soloist with the NJ Oratorio Society in the Mozart Missa Brevis in D and the Schubert Mass in Eb, and in December was the mezzo soloist in the First Songs of the Season at Gustavas Adolphus Church in NYC, the mezzo soloist in the Messiah at the Lehman College Winter Concert, and in April the mezzo soloist in the Fauré Requiem at Monmouth University’s spring concert as a faculty member.

She received her Masters from the University of Tennessee and did Doctoral work at the University of Illinois . She has had the privilege to work with such artists as Dan Saunders, John Wustman, Carroll Freeman, Michael Ehrman, Kurt Klippstatter, Mignon Dunn, Faith Esham, Nathan Gunn, Kevin Short, and Sean McDermott, to name a few.