Catherine Martin, American mezzo-soprano, has been praised by The Washington Post for her “gorgeous, warm voice that you want to keep listening to.” She continues to make an impact in repertoire ranging from Verdi and Wagner to Strauss and Bellini. The 2019-2020 season sees her as Wellgunde in Götterdämmerung with the National Taichung Theatre in Taiwan, the cover of Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking and singing the 2nd Norn in Götterdämmerung and Waltraute in Die Walküre at Lyric Opera of Chicago, covering Marguerite in Berlioz’s Le damnation de Faust with the Metropolitan Opera, and Celeste in the world premiere of Castor and Patience with Cincinnati Opera. Her 2018-2019 season included Wowkle in La fanciulla del West with Maryland Lyric Opera, Eva Crowley in An American Dream with Lyric Opera of Chicago.