Performing Resume/Repertoire
Kathleen Nitz Kasdorf, Lyric Soprano
Opera Roles:
Belinda Dido and Aeneas Santa Cruz Chamber Orchestra
Sicle L’Ormindo Opera San Jose
Blanche (Acts II & III) Dialogues des Carmelites “Leather Factory Workshop”, Kent Nagano, conductor
Violetta (cover-Italian) LaTraviata Opera San José
Waitress & Hagar; Hotel Eden Opera San José
Mrs. Noah (cover) Hotel Eden (World Premiere)
Violetta (English) La Traviata Novato Lyric Opera
Adina The Elixer of Love Sonoma City Opera
Lucy The Telephone Opera San José
Miss Wordsworth Albert Herring Opera San José College of Marin
Rita Rita San Jose Opera Theater
Celie Signor Deluso San Jose Opera Theater
Monica The Medium San Jose State University
Lauretta Gianni Schicchi San Jose State University
Madame Silverklang The Impresario Interact Theater, San Luis Obispo
Opera Outreach (School Performances):
Princess Lenore Many Moons Opera San José
Madame Chantée The Impresario Opera San José
Starbird Starbird Opera San José
Lucy The Telephone Opera San José
Rosalinda (English) Die Fledermaus San Francisco Opera Guild
Mistress Ford (English) Falstaff San Francisco Opera Guild
Mimi (English) La Bohème San Francisco Opera Guild
Musical Theater Roles:
Street Chorus Mass, by Bernstein Cabrillo Music Festival, Marin Alsop, conductor
Bessie Songspiel Mahagonny Sinfonia San Francisco, (Concert Version) Samuel Cristler, conductor
Lillian (cover-English) Happy End Sinfonia S. F.
Marie (all songs, cover) Marie Galante Sinfonia S. F.
Susan Company Shakespeare Santa Cruz
Yum Yum The Mikado Interact Theater/San Luis Obispo
Maria West Side Story Valparaiso University
Polly Three Penny Opera Valparaiso University
The Girl The Fantasticks Clubhouse Theater, Pocono, PA
Oratorio:
Faure, Requiem; The Choral Project
Pergolesi, Stabat Mater: Santa Cruz Chamber Orchestra
Dvořák, Stabat Mater; Bizet, Te Deum; Saint-Saens, Requiem; Schubert, Mass in G; Rutter, Requiem; Mendelssohn, Psalm 42, Psalm 115; Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem: I Cantori di Carmel
Orff, Carmina Burana: Cabrillo Chorus.
Mozart, Requiem: UCSC Choir and Orchestra.
Poulenc, Gloria: Stone Church of Willow Glen.
Haydn, Mass in Time of War: Bay Area Lutheran Chorale.
J.S. Bach, Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ (Cantata 91); Mozart, Regina Coeli, K 276; Schubert, Magnificat; Saint-Saens, Christmas Oratorio: West Valley Masterworks Chorale.
Haydn, Missa Solemnis in D Minor, No. 3: West Valley Community Chorale.
Stravinsky, Cantata: New Music Works.
Vaughan Williams, Dona Nobis Pacem, Hodie: SJSU Chorale and Orchestra.
Handel, Messiah: San Luis Obispo County Chorus.
Mozart, Exultate Jubilate: Valparaiso University Orchestra
Chamber Music:
Numerous performances with various organizations and series including: The Cabrillo Music Festival; New Music Works; Santa Cruz Chamber Players, Composer’s Performing Ensemble, NACUSA, Bay Area Chapter; San Jose Museum of Art; Friends of Music, Brookings, Oregon. Repertoire includes:
Whitacre, Five Hebrew Love Songs, soprano and string quartet
Larson, Songs from Letters
Schoenberg, Brettl-Lieder, Four Songs for Voice and Piano, Op.2
Spohr, Sechs deutsche Lieder für Singstimme, Klarinette und Klavier
Eversole, Parts of the Whole (World Premiere)
Handel, Nel Dolce Del’Oblio
Donizetti, Dirti Addio
Schubert, Auf Dem Strom, Der Hirt auf dem Felsen
Poulenc, La Courte Paille (song cycle), Trois Poemes de Louise Lalanne, Métamorphoses, Deux Poemes de louis Aragon
Recital of American Song including art songs of Bowles, Ives, Copland, and Griffes, traditional and folk songs, musical theater and opera
Bernstein, La Bonne Cuisine
Chausson, Chanson Perpétuelle
Bach, Höchster, mache deine Güte ferner alle Morgenneu, BWV 51; Höchster was ich habe, BWV 39
Caplet, Écoute
Ravel, Chansons Madécasses, La Flûte Enchantée
de la Guerre, Semelé, Cantate avec Simphonie
Lam, Four Beckett Songs
Berger, The Blind Seer of Ambon (World Premiere)
Le Siege, Night Songs (West Coast Premiere), A Curious Dialogue (World Premiere))
Cowell, Toccanta
Stravinsky, Three Songs from William Shakespeare, The Owl and the Pussycat
Copland, As It Fell Upon a Day, Old American Songs
Roussel, Deux Poèmes de Ronsard
Schumann, Frauenliebe und -leben, Vocal Duets
Brahms, Vocal Duets and Lieder
Cope, Five Haiku
Gaynor, Generations (World Premiere)
Harrison, Air from Rapunzel
Griffes, Three Javanese Songs (West Coast Premiere), Four Impressions
Collins, Invocation (World Premiere)
