EXPLORE THE POIGNANT LEGACY of forgotten female composers in our season's program. Inspired by a lecture recital by Murry Sidlin, founder of The Defiant Requiem Foundation, this project sheds light on the works of Vitezslava Kaprálová and Ilse Weber.

Kaprálová's illustrious career was tragically cut short by Nazi persecution, while Weber's haunting melodies provided solace amidst the horrors of Theresienstadt. Join us as we honor their enduring contributions to music and memory.

Katharine Goeldner

Mezzo-soprano Katharine Goeldner’s impressive International career has taken her to the stages of Toulouse, Lyon, Seville, Bilbao, Madrid, Oviedo, Tokyo, Monte Carlo, Montreal, Santa Fe, Dallas, Paris, and the Salzburg Festival, spanning the mezzo repertoire from the Composer in Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos, one of her signature roles, to more recent portrayals of Amneris, Dalila, Herodias, Fricka, Brangäne, Madam Larina, and Marcellina.

She has starred as Carmen at Finland’s Savonlinna Festival, Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Dorset Festival (UK), Madison Opera, and New York City Opera. Her many roles at the Metropolitan Opera have included the Schoolboy in Lulu (the role of her company debut), Cherubino/Le nozze di Figaro, Ascanio/Benvenuto Cellini, Nicklausse/Les contes d’Hoffmann, Prince Orlofsky/Die Fledermaus, Giovanna Seymour/Anna Bolena, the Marquise de Berkenfeld/La fille du Regiment., and most recently a “deliciously slippery” (New York Classical Review) Annina in Der Rosenkavalier.

Carol Anderson

Dr. Carol Anderson is in her twenty-second year as a member of the Santa Fe Opera music staff, collaborating on this season’s productions of Der fliegende Holländer and Rusalka. She is also a presenter at select opera preview dinners this summer. When not in Santa Fe, Dr. Anderson is principal coach for Utah Symphony | Utah Opera (USUO) in Salt Lake City, and she serves as the official pianist for the Utah District round of the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition. She is also co-host of USUO’s Ghost Light Podcast and is a lecturer at the popular prelude talks preceding each USUO performance.

Amy Morris

Amy Morris was second flutist with the Minnesota Opera Orchestra for 20 years before moving back to her hometown of Omaha, Nebraska in 2017. She also performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, Mankato Symphony, Sarasota Opera, and the Cedar Rapids Symphony (now Orchestra Iowa). She was a founding member of four chamber music groups: fisarflautica (flute, accordion); The Second Winds (flute, clarinet, bassoon); Indånde (flute, oboe, piano); and The Prairie Song Project (flute, mezzo soprano, piano). These groups have performed in school educational programs, college guest artist recitals, and international venues.

Amy has performed at conventions of the National Flute Association, British Flute Society, and Upper Midwest Flute Association. With grants from The Scottish Arts Council (Creative Scotland), Minnesota State Arts Board, A Very Small Arts Fund, and the American Composers Forum, Amy has commissioned and performed music around the US and Europe. She taught at Hamline, St. Catherine, and Concordia Universities in St. Paul, Minnesota, and the Omaha Conservatory of Music. Her music degrees are from Northwestern University (Master of Music) and the University of Iowa (Bachelor of Music). Amy has released five recordings, and published two arrangements of flute duets based on operatic themes. She currently is a substitute musician with the Omaha Symphony and Orchestra Iowa.