SERIO Roles: Norina (Don Pasquale)

Bio

Soprano Katie Manukyan has enjoyed singing for Pittsburgh audiences for over a decade. In 2016, she was selected as a "Major Artist" by the Pittsburgh Concert Society. Since her 2014 debut as Pamina in The Magic Flute with Undercroft Opera, she has brought an eclectic set of heroines to life on stage, with favorites including: Butterfly (Madama Butterfly); Zdenka (Arabella); Micaela (Carmen); Tatiana (Eugene Onegin); Volkhova (Sadko); Mabel (Pirates of Penzance); Josephine (H.M.S. Pinafore); Winnie Blocker (Gilda Lyons’s A New Kind of Fallout, world premiere); and Crone (Matt Gillespie’s Thomas the Rhymer, world premiere). Katie is a frequent recitalist who specializes in Slavic repertoire. In 2022, she proudly produced the Concert of Ukrainian Words and Music with the University of Pittsburgh, benefitting Ukrainian relief and defense efforts. Katie received musical training at Northwestern University, Tchaikovsky Musical College-Conservatory in Moscow, and The Ohio State University. www.katiemanukyan.com