Kathy Pyeatt
Soprano
Nationally
acclaimed soprano Kathy Pyeatt
has sung recently with the St. Petersburg Opera (Rosalinda Die Fledermaus),
the Muddy River Opera (Hanna The Merry Widow) and the Springfield (MO)
Symphony (Tosca Tosca), to name only a few of the Cedarburg, Wisconsin
resident’s out-of-state engagements. A local favorite in Milwaukee, Kathy’s
memorable performances here have included numerous roles with the Florentine
Opera and Skylight Opera Theatre, as well as appearances with the Concord
Chamber Orchestra, Festival City Symphony, Bel Canto Chorus, Fox Valley
Symphony, Racine Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra, Kenosha
Symphony, Rockford Symphony Orchestra and others.
Kathy’s versatile acting, intelligent singing, and “impeccable voice” (Waukesha
Freeman) have garnered warm praise from the press everywhere. The Chicago
Tribune proclaimed her a “genuine triple threat.” The Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel noted her voice’s “richness and elegance…attuned to every harmonic
and emotional nuance.” Pioneer Press described her stage persona
as “passionate in the extreme.” The Springfield News-Leader hailed her
“warm and luscious” voice.
The Florentine Opera’s production next season of Benjamin Britten’s comic
opera, Albert Herring, will present Kathy in the show-stopping role of
the autocratic Lady Billows. Also among her upcoming performances will be
return engagements with the Asheville Lyric Opera as Tosca in Tosca, the
Key Chorale (Sarasota, FL) for Mozart's oratorio Davidde Penitente and
her debut with the Bryan Symphony Orchestra (TN) as Tosca in a concert version
of Tosca.
Kathy has also appeared with Natchez Opera Festival, Opera Company of North
Carolina, Light Opera Works, Springfield Regional Opera, Opera Theatre Highland
Park, DuPage Opera Theatre, Chicago City Opera, Impresario Productions,
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Pamiro Opera, First Stage Milwaukee, and The
Milwaukee Opera. Favorite roles include Tosca (Tosca), Violetta (La
Traviata), Constanza (The Abduction from the Seraglio), Donna Elvira
(Don Giovanni), Micaela (Carmen), Fiordiligi (Cosi Fan Tutte),
Hanna (The Merry Widow), Ilona (Gypsy Love), The Queen of the
Night and The First Lady (The Magic Flute), Sybil Vane (The Picture
of Dorian Gray), and Adina (The Elixir of Love).
Equally at home on the concert stage her wide ranging repertoire includes
performances of Verdi's Requiem, Poulenc's Gloria, Beethoven's 9th
Symphony, Mozart’s Requiem, Canteloube's Chants d'Auvergne,
Whitbourn's Annelies, Mozart's Exsultate, jubilate, Samuel
Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Mahler’s Fourth Symphony,
Mendelssohn's Elijah and Villa Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras.
Ms. Pyeatt has been a top prize winner in numerous competitions, including the
District and Regional levels of the Metropolitan Opera National Council
Auditions, the MacAllister Awards and the National Association of Teachers of
Singing. When Kathy is not on stage singing you can usually find her backstage.
She is currently serving as Director for the Wisconsin District Metropolitan
Opera National Council Auditions, is the Vice-President for SOS, Supporters of
Opera Singers, Inc., a nonprofit arts organization aimed at promoting and
supporting young opera singers and has recently served as the Education
Consultant for the Opera Company of North Carolina in the building of their new
Educational Outreach and Young Artist Program.
Kathy is also pretty good with a tool belt; she and her husband are in the
final stages of a 2-year long restoration of their 100 year old late Victorian
farm home in Cedarburg which they share with their daughter Emma and naughty
chocolate Labrador Mocha.