She then debuted with Lyric Opera of Chicago singing Hécube and covering Didon in Les Troyens, appeared in concert with The Dallas Opera and the San Antonio Symphony, covered Sister Hellen in Dead Man Walking at Washington National Opera, joined Houston Grand Opera as Wellgunde in Götterdämmerung, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood to reprise her Wellgunde in Das Rheingold.

Martin began in Taiwan at the National Taichung Theatre reviving Wellgunde in Das Rheingold with La Fura dels Baus production team. The 2017-2018 season includes her return to Lyric Opera of Chicago as Waltraute in Die Walküre, her Minnesota Opera debut as Sister Helen in Dead Man Walking, Meg in Falstaff with Intermountain Opera, joining the National Chorale in their 50th anniversary season for the world premiere of Rice’s Thy Will Be Done, and singing Songs of a Wayfarer with the American Youth Philharmonic Orchestra. American mezzo-soprano Catherine Martin has been praised by The Washington Post for her “gorgeous, warm voice that you want to keep listening to,” and she continues to make an impact in repertoire ranging from Verdi and Wagner to Strauss and Bellini.

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