Mezzo-soprano Katherine DeYoung, originally from Traverse City, Michigan, is a recent graduate of The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.  In the 2022/23 Season at Lyric she sang Giovanna in Ernani, and  Mercédès in Carmen. She also stepped in as Sibyl for the World Premiere of Proximity. She covered Ragonde in Le Comte Ory, and Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel. In February, Katherine stepped in with 24 hour notice as Ragonde in Le Comte Ory at Opera Southwest. In April 2022,  she  was the Mezzo-Soprano Soloist in Verdi’s Messa da Requiem at Michigan State University. In the 2021/22 Season at Lyric, she performed as the Second Lady in The Magic Flute, sang in the Rising Stars Concert, and The Magic Victrola.  Katherine is a 2019 Sullivan Award Winner from The William Matheus Sullivan Foundation, a 2021 Richard F. Gold Career Grant recipient from the Shoshana Foundation, the 2022 Eileen Deneen Scholarship Award Winner from The American Opera Society of Chicago, and was a 2020 Semi-Finalist for the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. She was a member of the Detroit Opera Studio program from 2018-2020. In the 2018/2019 Season with Detroit Opera, Katherine performed Der Sandmann in Hänsel und Gretel, the Old Lady in Candide, The Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors, covered Olga in Eugene Onegin, performed Mae and covered Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath. In the Summers of 2018 and 2019, she was a member of the Apprentice Singer Program with the Santa Fe Opera where she covered the role of  The Mayor’s Wife in Jenůfa and performed the Act One Duet from La Favorita and the Act One Finale as Ma Joad from The Grapes of Wrath for the Apprentice Scenes programs. Katherine holds a Master’s Degree in Voice Performance from the University of Houston where she performed Isabella in L’Italiana in Algeri, Fidalma in The Secret Marriage, Gertrude in Roméo et Juliette, Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible, Princess Clarice in The Love for Three Oranges, and Lady Sneerwell in the World Premiere of The School for Scandal. Other roles performed include the title role in Carmen with Opera in the Ozarks. While in Houston, Katherine appeared with the Texas Medical Center Orchestra for their “A Night at the Opera” Concert and was the Alto Soloist for Chapelwood United Methodist’s “Messiah Selections”. Katherine was a Finalist and The Online Viewers’ Choice Award Winner in the Houston Grand Opera 31st Eleanor McCollum Competition. Katherine is an alumna of Michigan State University.