10/06/2026
You know that moment when the music swells and suddenly a movie scene becomes unforgettable? Kathleen Radke is part of an evening devoted to exactly that feeling.
JUNO Award-winning soprano Kathleen Radke is recognized for her expressive musicianship and warm, flexible vocal tone. The Whole Note praised her for maintaining “a wonderfully relaxed vocal line through the ex*****on of elaborate lines.” She holds an Honours Bachelor of Music and Performance Diploma from McMaster University and an Opera Diploma from Wilfrid Laurier University, where she studied with bass-baritone Daniel Lichti.
Radke has performed internationally as a member of the Festival Choir of the European Music Festival under Helmuth Rilling, appearing in Stuttgart, Bonn, Athens, and Berlin. Her international engagements have included touring China for the 16th Annual Meet in Beijing Festival and multiple performances at Bachfest Leipzig. She has performed throughout Germany, Italy, England, Austria, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, and Mexico.
She was recognized in Gramophone Magazine for her “exquisite” contribution to the Ottawa Bach Choir’s 2020 JUNO Award–winning recording of Handel’s Dixit Dominus.
Operatic roles include Pamina and Papagena (Die Zauberflöte), Ännchen (Der Freischütz), Elisetta (Il matrimonio segreto), Oberto (Alcina), Suor Angelica (Suor Angelica), and the Princess in R. Murray Schafer’s Princess of the Stars. Kathleen performs regularly with leading Canadian ensembles including the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Ottawa Bach Choir, and Kingston Chamber Choir.
The soundtrack is only half the experience. Hear these favourites with the immediacy and power of live performance on October 25 at SCTC.
Opera Goes to the Movies
Sunday, October 25th | 7:30 PM
Tickets: saultctc.ca/event/opera-goes-to-the-movies/ or visit the Station Mall Box Office.