Katherine Petersen’s performances have been praised as “radiant” by the Chicago Tribune and “immaculate” by Chicagoland Musical Theatre. Her recent collaborations with Decho Ensemble include performances at the International Congress of Voice Teachers in Vienna (2022), the International Saxophone Symposium (2020), and an ensemble residency at Ohio University (2023) and the Lionel Hampton School of Music at the University of Idaho (2019). You can find Decho Ensemble’s recently released, self-titled album on Youtube, Apple Music, and Spotify. 

Based in Chicago, Katherine performs with Lyric Opera Chicago: Lyric Unlimited, Folks Operetta, the Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company, Chicago Opera Theater, and Transgressive Theatre-Opera. Recent roles include Rosita/Monkey in Frida Kahlo and the Bravest Niña en el Mundo, Gonda van der Loo in The Girl in the Train, Rose Maybud in Ruddigore. Other recent roles include Margot in Die Kathrin, Bessie Throckmorton in Merrie England, Brigitta in Iolanta, Contessa in Marriage of Figaro, Counsel to the Plaintiff in Trial by Jury, Lady of the Lake in Masque at Kenilworth, and Sylva Varescu in Csardas Princess. Previous regional performances include appearances with Opera Columbus, Bay View Music Festival, and the Russian Opera Workshop. Highlights of previous roles include Musetta in La bohème, Valencienne in The Merry Widow, Francesca in Rachmaninoff’s Francesca di Rimini, and Micaëla in Carmen. Concert repertoire highlights include soprano soloist in Britten’s Les Illuminations with Camerata Chicago, Dona Nobis Pacem by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Barber’s Knoxville: Summer 1915, Villa-Lobos’s Bachianas brasileiras No.5, and Handel’s Messiah.