| Kate Egan - Selected Reviews | bio and resume |
| As Yum-Yum in Anchorage Opera's "Mikado" |
| "Kate Egan sings the role of Yum-Yum with a strong yet pleasantly lilting soprano. An extremely versatile performer who's equally at home with high opera and low comedy, Egan has the knack of maximizing humorous moments while never compromising vocal quality." |
| - The Anchorage Press, 4/15/04 |
"This production maintains its light-heartedness without becoming overly so, partly due to the sweet, but not too sweet Yum-Yum, played by Kate Egan. The ingenue part can often be played so straight as to be lacking in any sort of dimension; Kate Egan dodges this with her tongue-in-cheek innocence as she scampers around the stage." |
| - The Anchorage Daily News, 4/12/04 |
"Egan's voice is light and pure; as a soprano's should be, clean and cool like lemon sorbet" |
| - The Anchorage Daily News, 4/26/04 |
As Susanna in Opera Longview's "Le Nozze di Figaro" |
| "Kate Egan is a spitfire as Susanna, charged with passion, temper and mischief. Egan is delightfully winsome with a feisty edge, as well as a flawless soprano." |
| - Robin Galiano, Longview News, 6/06/03 |
As Adele in Anchorage Opera's "Die Fledermaus" |
| "In addition to delicious vocalizations, Kate Egan brought delicious mugging to her role as Adele, the housemaid and showgirl wannabe." |
| - Donna Freedman, Anchorage Daily News, 3/04/03 |
As Adina in Anchorage Opera's "L'Elisir d'amore" |
| "Popular Kate Egan sang the part of the manipulative heroine with her usual fluid agility and whipping high notes, dancing and even juggling as she did so." |
| - Mike Dunham, Anchorage Daily News, 3/10/02 |
As Adele in Opera Tampa's production of "Die Fledermaus" |
| "Kate Egan was an excellent Adele, taking the chambermaid's famous 'laughing song' with a nice sense of restraint". |
| - John Fleming, St. Petersburg Times, 12/2/01 |
| As Yum Yum in "The Mikado" with Chautauqua Opera |
| "... and Kate Egan's Yum Yum were delightfully sung with... and Egan's silken soprano making them the perfect young lovers." |
| - Buffalo News, 8/23/01 |
| As Phyllis in "Iolanthe" with Anchorage Opera |
| "...soprano Kate Egan beautifully sang their roles as Strephon and Phyllis." |
| - Anchorage Daily News, 4/2/01 |
As the Shepherd in Tulsa Opera's "Tannhäuser" |
| "Egan sang gorgeously, if briefly, as the Shepherd." |
| - Dallas Morning News, 2/20/01 |
"The Shepherd was a sprightly Kate Egan, with startlingly accurate intonation." |
| - Wagner Society Review, 2/01 |
As Susanna in "The Marriage of Figaro" with Anchorage Opera |
| "Likewise, Kate Egan as his bride poured forth her music and her character's volatile energy to the end. As in her portrayal of the title role in last season's commendable "Semele," she melded the humanness of the part with first-rate singing. |
| - Anchorage Daily News, 11/13/00 |
As Rose Maurrant in Chautauqua Opera's "Street Scene" |
| "Kate Egan was bright and attractive and sang with great clarity as Rose Maurrant." |
| - The Post Journal, 8/18/00 |
As Josephine In Mobile Opera's "H.M.S. Pinafore" |
| "With her supple voice and extraordinary range, soprano Kate Egan demonstrated why she remains in demand as a lead. She also displayed a little comic timing of her own, once brandishing a rifle in the direction of the orchestra, which was teporarily out of control. |
| - Thomas B. Harrison, Mobile Register, 3/27/00 |
As Amalia in Chautauqua Opera's "She Loves Me" |
| "The casting of Kate Egan as Amalia...is a masterstroke.Their voices are ideally matched, with clean, thin leading edges, excellent enunciation, warmth of sonorith and fine tonal support. Moreover, their acting is very natural and extremely expressive of the conflicting emotions attached to their relationship." |
| - Buffalo News, 8/23/98 |
As Eurydice in Anchorage Opera's "Orpheus in the Underworld" |
| " Soprano Kate Egan, a dittsy and seductive Eurydice, was the performer with the strongest blend of vocal ability and comic action. Few sopranos can turn vocal calisthenics into a vaudeville and still sound good." |
| - Anchorage Daily News, 3/16/97 |
As Elvira in Ash Lawn Highland's "The Italian Girl in Algiers" |
| " As the poor, set-aside wife, soprano Kate Egan made a fine Elvira, allowing us to empathize with her sad state. Her clear soprano flowed smoothly through the necessarily jagged lines of her discontent." |
| - The Daily Progress, 12/15/97 |