Brigitta, DIE TOTE STADT, San Francisco Opera
“Mezzo-soprano Katherine Tier led a cohort of Adler Fellows with a robust and beautifully shaped performance as the maid Brigitta…”

Joshua Kosman, The San Francisco Chronicle

Katharine Tier soared in the role of the housemaid, Brigitta.

Georgia Rowe, Opera News

“Mezzo Katherine Tier, one of SFO's Adler Fellows, gives an excellent accounting of Brigitta, particularly in her first-act lament for her master's condition…“

Michael J. Vaughn, The Opera Critic

Soloist, Recital Series: MUSIC AT MEYER
“Katharine Tier sings with power and authority….In the two Rosenkavalier excerpts, she displayed a strong, wellplaced voice, as well as consummate musicality”

Janos Gereben, San Francisco Classical Voice

Lieder Alive! THOMAS HAMPSON MASTERCLASS
“And suddenly, instead of crumbling under that manifold '"attack,"' Tier sang '"Nun seh'ich, wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen" '(Now I see well, why [your eyes] flash upon me with such dark flames) beautifully, with an understanding of its subtle catharsis, rather than sentimentally. ”

Janos Gereben, San Francisco Classical Voice

Kate Pinkerton, MADAMA BUTTERFLY, San Francisco Opera
“ Katharine Tier was a compassionate Kate Pinkerton… ”

James Keolker, San Francisco Classical Voice

Since the Seventies: A New Generation of Song - Steven Blier/SCHWABACHER RECITAL SERIES
“Tier added a theatrical touch to Gordon's I'm Open All Night, a jazz inflected parody of lounge music on a text by James Agee. Sidling across the stage, Tier leaned suggestively against the piano, lingering just a hair on the rich lower notes of her vocal range... ”

Noel Verzosa, San Francisco Classical Voice

Suzy, LA RONDINE, San Francisco Opera
“Adler Fellows Rhoslyn Jones, Melody Moore, Katherine Tier, and Ji Young Yang make fine contributions in this large production. ”

Janos Gereben, San Francisco Classical Voice

Third Lady, THE MAGIC FLUTE, San Francisco Opera
”The three ladies who serve the Queen were excellently sung by Elza van den Heever, Kendall Gladen, and Katharine Tier.”

Anna Carol Dudley, San Francisco Classical Voice

“The Three Ladies were vividly sung by three Adler Fellows -Elza van den Heever, Kendall Gladen and Katharine Tier…“

Joshua Kosman, The San Francisco Chronicle


Carr's Four Wilde Aphorisms (1991), EARPLAY a setting for mezzo soprano and clarinet
“Although they did arouse a chuckle from the audience, the overall effect, despite the clear diction and knowing inflection of mezzo-soprano Katharine Tier, was of a fairly lame joke. A piece like this on a new music concert is a bit like a politician telling a joke in a stump speech: Even if it's not actually funny, it's surprising and refreshing to hear any humor at all.”

James Russell, San Francisco Classical Voice

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