{"id":11077,"date":"2026-03-30T13:04:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oslokammermusikkfestival.no\/?page_id=11077"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:08:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:08:51","slug":"katleen-omara","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wptest.brandstasjonen.no\/en\/katleen-omara\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathleen O’Mara"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kathleen O’Mara<\/span><\/h2>

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Sopranen Kathleen O\u2019Mara ble nylig tildelt f\u00f8rsteprisen i Dronning Sonja sangkonkurranse 2025 og f\u00f8rsteprisen og Birgit Nilsson-prisen i Operalia-konkurransen 2024. Hun er utdannet ved LA Operas Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program og mottok i 2024 det prestisjetunge Sara Tucker-stipendet fra Richard Tucker Foundation.<\/p>

I sesongen 2025\u20132026 vender O\u2019Mara tilbake til Metropolitan Opera for Don Giovanni (Donna Anna) under ledelse av Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin og Tryllefl\u00f8yten. Hun vender ogs\u00e5 tilbake til Teatro alla Scala for Die Walk\u00fcre (Helmwige) og debuterer ved Bayerische Staatsoper i Elektra (F\u00fcnfte Magd) og Seattle Opera i Carmen (Mica\u00ebla). Fremtidige engasjementer inkluderer debuter ved The Santa Fe Opera, Dallas Opera og Barcelona Symphony, samt en retur til LA Opera.<\/p>

I sesongen 2024-2025 debuterte O’Mara ved Teatro alla Scala i Die Walk\u00fcre (Helmwige), The Metropolitan Opera i Il barbiere di Siviglia (Berta) og San Diego Opera i La boh\u00e8me (Mim\u00ec). Hun opptr\u00e5dte ogs\u00e5 p\u00e5 konsertscenen med LA Philharmonic i utdrag fra Carmen, dirigert av Gustavo Dudamel, p\u00e5 Hollywood Bowl.<\/p>

Hun debuterte ved LA Opera h\u00f8sten 2023 i Il barbiere di Siviglia (Berta) og medvirket ogs\u00e5 i Zemlinskys Der Zwerg (Erste Zofe) under ledelse av James Conlon. Sommeren 2024 var hun Gaddes Festival Artist med Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, hvor hun debuterte i OTSL i Galileo Galilei (Duchess Christina) av Philip Glass.<\/p>

Kathleen har en mastergrad i musikk fra Juilliard School og en bachelorgrad i musikk fra Westminster Choir College.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Soprano Kathleen O\u2019Mara was recently awarded 1st\u00a0Prize at the 2025 Queen Sonja Singing Competition and 1st\u00a0Prize and the Birgit Nilsson Prize at the 2024 Operalia Competition. She is a graduate of LA Opera\u2019s Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program and is a 2024 recipient of the prestigious Sara Tucker Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation.<\/p>

In the 2025\u20132026 season, Ms. O\u2019Mara returns to the Metropolitan Opera for\u00a0Don Giovanni\u00a0(Donna Anna) under the baton of Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin and\u00a0The Magic Flute. She also returns to Teatro alla Scala for\u00a0Die Walk\u00fcre\u00a0(Helmwige) and makes debuts at the Bayerische Staatsoper in\u00a0Elektra\u00a0(F\u00fcnfte Magd) and Seattle Opera in\u00a0Carmen\u00a0(Mica\u00ebla). Future engagements include debuts with The Santa Fe Opera, Dallas Opera, and the Barcelona Symphony, as well as a return to LA Opera.<\/p>

In the 2024-2025 season, Ms. O\u2019Mara made debuts at Teatro alla Scala in\u00a0Die Walk\u00fcre\u00a0(Helmwige), The Metropolitan Opera in\u00a0Il barbiere di Siviglia\u00a0(Berta), and San Diego Opera in\u00a0La boh\u00e8me\u00a0(Mim\u00ec). She was also seen on the concert stage with the LA Philharmonic in excerpts from\u00a0Carmen\u00a0conducted by Gustavo Dudamel at the Hollywood Bowl.<\/p>

She made her LA Opera debut in the fall of 2023 in\u00a0Il barbiere di Siviglia\u00a0(Berta) and was also seen in Zemlinsky\u2019s\u00a0Der Zwerg\u00a0(Erste Zofe) conducted by James Conlon. In the summer of 2024, she was a Gaddes Festival Artist with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, where she made her OTSL debut in Galileo Galilei (Duchess Christina) by Philip Glass.<\/p>

Kathleen holds a Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School and a Bachelor of Music degree from Westminster Choir College.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kathleen O’Mara Sopran – soprano FOTO: Dario Acosta Sopranen Kathleen O\u2019Mara ble nylig tildelt f\u00f8rsteprisen i Dronning Sonja sangkonkurranse 2025 og f\u00f8rsteprisen og Birgit Nilsson-prisen i Operalia-konkurransen 2024. Hun er utdannet ved LA Operas Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program og mottok i 2024 det prestisjetunge Sara Tucker-stipendet fra Richard Tucker Foundation. I sesongen 2025\u20132026 vender O\u2019Mara […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":11079,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[202,149],"folder":[226],"class_list":["post-11077","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artister","tag-oslo-kammermusikkfestival","tag-sangere-singers"],"yoast_head":"\nKathleen O'Mara - Oslo Kammermusikkfestival<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wptest.brandstasjonen.no\/en\/katleen-omara\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kathleen O'Mara - Oslo Kammermusikkfestival\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kathleen O’Mara Sopran – soprano FOTO: Dario Acosta Sopranen Kathleen O\u2019Mara ble nylig tildelt f\u00f8rsteprisen i Dronning Sonja sangkonkurranse 2025 og f\u00f8rsteprisen og Birgit Nilsson-prisen i Operalia-konkurransen 2024. 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