Today, Austria took new action on the Coronavirus, limiting public gatherings to 500 people outside, and 100 people inside. They also shut down the border to...

In just under an hour, I will sing my last performance of Fides in Meyerbeer's Le prophete. It's always a little sad to say good-bye to a role, but this will...

T-Minus 2 Minutes until the premiere of il Trovatore! Verdi ain't no joke. I've definitely sung longer roles (hello Amme, hello Fidès!), but it took me a whi...

WARNING: LONG POST WITH TONAL SHIFTS 😂 So, 2019 is almost over. Where was I at this time last year? Yes, here in Linz, but in a completely different place. ...

It’s opening night! When I first looked over the role of Fidés my eyes might have popped out of my head a bit!😳🤯🤪Pauline Viardot, the three octave singing...

Thanks Landestheater Linz for an amazing second season! It was an exciting, at times challenging, season (first Wagner role, a pretty extensive spoken monolo...

Last night was my final performance as Klytämnestra in Elektra. I love the roles that don’t politely ask but demand everything you’ve got and this was defini...

Before: (Elektra, Klytämnestra, Chrysothemis) And after: (wine at Das Anton) It's been so amazing to be reunited with my colleagues from my first Strauss ope...

My first Spielzeit at Linz has come to a close! I'm so grateful to this opera house for giving me a full-time career in opera, and for the stability that com...

Thanks so much Magdalena Hoisbauer for translating my interview into German! https://landestheater-linz.blogspot.com/2018/07/13-fragen-katherine-lerner.html?...

When I found out, back in mid-March, that I was going to be singing the Amme in Frau Ohne Schatten, I was a bit freaked out to be honest. The role is incredi...

I admit that I often grumble when I have to come up to the castle for work --the time I have to allow, the gaggle of tourists on the trolley car, the late en...

So there’s this: In mid-August, Molly and I will be moving to Linz, Austria. We are moving there because I am starting a two year Dramatic Mezzo-soprano cont...