Nozomi Kato

Recent highlights for the Japanese mezzo-soprano include Suzuki at Teatro Cervantes de Malaga, Tokyo Nikikai Opera Theatre, Pittsburgh Opera, and Vancouver Opera, as well as Leonora di Guzman in Donizetti’s La Favorita at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Italy. Other appearances as Suzuki include Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Cincinnati Opera, Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari, Teatro Magnani in Fidenza, Teatro Municipale di Piacenza, and Teatro Comunale di Modena.

Kato made her debut in Italy in 2014 as Clarina in Rossini’s La cambiale di matrimonio at Teatro Regio di Parma. Other appearances in Italy include Enrichetta in Bellini’s I Puritani (2017 and 2023), Siébel in Gounod’s Faust (2018), and Bersi in Giordano’s Andrea Chenier (2019).

In 2016, she took part in Accademia del Belcanto of the Festival della Valle d’Itria, where she was selected to sing Ismene in Mayr’s Medea in Corinto with Fabio Luisi conducting. She was invited back the following year as Dorabella in Così fan tutte, also conducted by Luisi. She has appeared at the opera houses in Bari and Trieste, as well as at several major music festivals in Italy.

In Spain, she participated in the Opera (e)Studio of Opera de Tenerife in 2013, and in 2014 made her house debut there as Smeton in Donizetti’s Anna Bolena. At Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia, she has appeared as Celia in Handel’s Silla, Hermia in Britten’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Mrs. Grose in The Turn of the Screw.