Press
Santa Fe Symphony Messiah
“…this performance’s top-notch professional singers treated Santa Fe to nothing but the best. Drago’s vocals were moving…and angelic.”
-Alex De Vore, Santa Fe Reporter
Rising Stars Concert Pittsburgh Opera
“Katherine Drago gave a delightfully rambunctious delivery of Zerlina’s aria, “Batti, batti.”
-Robert Croan, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “Classical Musings”
Mercedes Carmen Pittsburgh Opera
“Katherine Drago (Mercedes) and Shannon Kessler Dooley (Frasquita) played Carmen’s confidantes with swagger and attractive timbre of their own.”
-Andrew Druckenbrod, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Bianca The Rape of Lucretia Pittsburgh Opera
“Katherine Drago as Bianca provided deft characterization and sturdy sound.”
-Robert Croan, Opera News Online-Review
Kate Pinkerton Madama Butterfly Pittsburgh Opera
“Kate Pinkerton, affectingly sung and acted by Katherine Drago.”
-Opera Warhorses
“Katherine Drago was a caring Kate Pinkerton.”
-Andrew Druckenbrod, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Stewardess Flight Pittsburgh Opera Center
“The optimum cast includes…Jonathan Beyer and Katherine Drago as the Steward and Stewardess, a handsome duo with voices to match their looks. The singers’ English diction is uniformly excellent…There’s not a weak link in this production. It’s by far the best thing the Opera Center has done: an evening of total theater not to be missed.”
-Robert Croan, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“The Stewardess and Steward are played in their official roles, with just the right touch of excessive cheeriness by Katherine Drago and Jonathan Beyer.”
-Mark Kanny, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Ottavia The Coronation of Poppea Opera Vivente
“Katherine Drago, as Nero’s out-of-favor wife Ottavia, and Lisa Dodson, as the Ottone-smitten Drusilla, did effective work.”
-Tim Smith, Baltimore Sun-Review
Zulma L’italiana in Algeri Pittsburgh Opera
“Two more promising Opera Center participants, Deborah Selig and Katherine Drago, completed the picture neatly as Mustafà’s wife and her slave.”
-Robert Croan, Opera News Online-Review
“…Katherine Drago strong as Zulma, hilarious eunuchs and guards and a precise orchestra under Antony Walker…”
-Andrew Druckenbrod, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Meg Page Falstaff Pittsburgh Opera
“The women were an excellent ensemble consisting of Veronica Villarroel as Alice Ford, Katherine Drago as Meg Page, Lindsay Ammann as Dame Quickly and Shannon Kessler Dooley as Nannetta, a young woman in love with Fenton.”
-Mark Kanny, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
“Alice Ford (Veronica Villarroel) and Meg Page (Katherine Drago) led the women in the cast. As actors, the women played off each other with genuine, and genuinely funny, camaraderie.”
-Andrew Druckenbrod, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
(Best Classical Performances of 2009 and Opera News Online)