Kathleen Callahan-Hardman is delighted to sing the role of the Feldmarschallin in CT Lyric Opera’s 2014 production of “Der Rosenkavalier. In the spring of 2014, Kathleen sang the role of Cio-Cio San in the company’s production of “Madama Butterfly”. Her 2013-2014 season also included a recital “The Songs I First Loved” at St. Cyril and Methodius in Hartford, and being the featured soprano for the Opera Theater of CT’s Wine, Women and Song Gala. This October, Kathleen was soprano soloist in Mozart’s “Requiem” with the CT Virtuosi Orchestra. In July of 2013 she was the soprano soloist with the Vallis Musicae Choir on a tour of Ireland. In recent years, Kate was the featured soloist in the West Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s Christmas Gala as well as the soprano soloist in Beethoven’s “Chorale Fantasy” with the WHSO and the Eastern CT State University Choir.
Kathleen has performed at Carnegie Hall as the soprano soloist in Mozart’s “Requiem” and Rutter’s “Magnificat”, conducted by John Rutter. She has sung holiday concerts with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, The Santa Fe Opera, and The Juilliard Holiday Club. Kathleen was the soprano soloist in Faure’s “Requiem” at the Hofkirche St. Leodegar in Lucerne. She has sung concerts with the Richard Tucker Foundation, the Santa Fe Opera, the Metropolitan Opera Guild, the Licia Albanese- Puccini foundation, the Gotham City Chamber Opera and the Ferris-Burtis Foundation. Ms. Callahan-Hardman performed the Brahms’ “Liebeslieder Waltzes” with the renowned piano duo, Popov and Vona.
Kathleen was the soprano soloist with the Vallis Musicae organization for concert tour of Argentina. At St Patrick St Anthony Church in Hartford, Kathleen sang soprano solo roles in Pergolesi’s “Stabat Mater”, Rutter’s “Gloria” and Ariel Ramirez’s “Missa Criolla” and “Navidad Nuestra”. She was soprano soloist in C.P.E. Bach’s “Magnificat” , Beethoven’s “The Ruins of Athens”, Handel’s “Judas Maccabeus”, Schubert’s “Mass in C minor“, Ives’ “The Celestial Country” and Mozart’s “Coronation Mass” with Manchester Symphony Orchestra and Chorale.
Ms. Callahan-Hardman has performed with many opera companies, including the Santa Fe Opera, Aspen Opera Theater, Opera Theater of Connecticut, Connecticut Grand Opera, Harrisburg Opera, Opera Maine, Longview Opera and the Juilliard Opera Theater. Kate’s roles include Violetta in “La Traviata”, Fiordiligi in “Cosi fan Tutte”, Susanna in “Le Nozze di Figaro”, Antonia in “Les Contes D’Hoffmann”, Musetta in “ La Boheme”, Arbate in Mozart’s “Mitridate”, St. Margaret in Honegger‘s “Joan of Arc at the Stake”, Queen of the Night in “The Magic Flute”, and Victoria/She in the American premier of Ingvar Lidholm’s “A Dream Play” at the Santa Fe Opera.
Kathleen has a great love of Art Song and has the pleasure of presenting recitals at many interesting venues, including the Sandisfield Arts Festival, St Patrick St Anthony Church, the Ferris-Burtis Foundation and the Wood Memorial Library. She studied Art Song at the Marlboro Music Festival with the late Swiss tenor, Ernst Haeffliger and Ken Noda of the Metropolitan Opera. Kate had the pleasure of premiering “The Emily Dickenson Songs” by Larry Alan Smith at the Woodstock Fringe Festival.
Kate was the Top Prize winner in the prestigious Gerda Lissner Competition. Kate’s other awards include first prizes in the Jenny Lind Competition, the Paul Robeson Competition, the Amici Galli-Curci Competition, the Lyman Baldwin Competition and the Hartford Music Clubs Competition. She received study grants from the Elardo Foundation and the Puccini Foundation. Ms. Callahan-Hardman was the second place winner of the New York Region, Metropolitan Opera Council Auditions. Kate was the recipient of the Santa Fe Opera grant for “most promising apprentice”.
Kathleen received a Bachelor of Music from the Eastman School of Music and a Master of Music from the Juilliard School. She apprenticed with Santa Fe Opera for 2 years and spent 2 summers at the Aspen Music Festival. Future engagements include the soprano soloist in Mozart’s “Requiem” with CT Virtuosi Orchestra at St Joseph’s Cathedral in Hartford, soprano soloist in the West Hartford Symphony’s Christmas Gala and the role of Mimi in CT Lyric Opera’s production of “La Boheme”. Kathleen is a voice teacher and the cantor/choral section leader at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in West Hartford where she lives with her husband, Ray Hardman and their 2 darling boys.