Trans 301

What transitioning means to me
and how it can transform opera-making

with KATHERINE GOFORTH

About KATHERINE:

Katherine Goforth is a prize-winning vocalist known for sharing her “noble, colorful and iridescent vocal sound” (Magazin Klassik) in strong and heartfelt performances. “Goforth, with [her] virile voice, does not hold back," (The New York Times) offering vivid character portraits sung with the utmost commitment and finesse. Goforth excels in a wide-range of operatic roles. As a member of the International Opera Studio of Oper Köln, she sang Il Conte di Bandiera in Salieri’s La Scuola dei Gelosi in the Kammeroper, both Tamino and Monostatos in Die Zauberflöte für Kinder, and 3. Jude in Salome. Other recently acclaimed performances have been with Portland Opera as Spoletta in Tosca, Seattle Opera’s Jane Lang Davis Creation Lab, premiering works by Drew Swatosh and Elise Winkler, Opera Theater Oregon in WWI: A Song-Opera of Remembrance, and Lark Opera as the Father in Hansel and Gretel and Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, as well as concerts with the Oregon Symphony and Portland Chamber Orchestra. Goforth is an Instructor of Voice at Clark College in Vancouver, WA and teaches at Lydian Music Studios in Portland, OR. https://katherinegoforth.com/