Hailed by the Connecticut Post as “an absolutely sparkling soprano,” Catherine Viscardi Savery was most recently heard singing Mozart's Exsultate, Jubilate with the Bozeman Symphony under the baton of her husband, Matthew Savery. She has sung with opera companies and orchestras from Oregon to Florida, as well as Italy and Sweden.
This winter, she will be reprising her role of Betsy in Sweet Betsy from Pike with Intermountain Opera. Other roles include Adele (Die Fledermaus), Oscar (Un Ballo in Maschera), Sophie (Werther), Tytania (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Mabel (Pirates of Penzance), Olympia (Les Contes d'Hoffmann), Rosina (Barber of Seville), Josephine (HMS Pinafore), and Madame Herz (The Impresario).
On the concert stage, Ms. Viscardi Savery has been featured as soloist in the Mozart Requiem with the Greater Bridgeport Symphony in Connecticut, conducted by Gustav Meier, the Bach Magnificat with the Bozeman Symphony in Montana and the Mozart Exultate Jubilate with the Wyoming Symphony, both under the baton of Matthew Savery, as well as the Handel Messiah with the Norwalk and Allentown Symphonies with Diane Wittry conducting, and the Glacier Symphony with John Zoltek conducting.
An advocate of the song recital, Ms. Viscardi Savery has performed concerts in Merkin Hall and Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in New York City, as well as the Center for Contemporary Arts in Virginia Beach, Artcore Wyoming, and the St. James Chamber Music Series and Cultural Corner Concert Series in Bozeman, Montana.
Previous engagements include Young Artist residencies with Ash Lawn Opera (VA) covering Rosina in The Barber of Seville, and Portland Opera (OR) covering Olympia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann for the mainstage and singing Queen of the Night in outreach productions.
Ms. Viscardi Savery has received numerous honors including 1st place in the Jenny Lind Competition, 1st place in the Mannes and Vassar Concerto Competitions, and was a finalist in the Rimrock Opera Competition in Billings, David Adams Song Competition in New York and the Eleanor Lieber Competition in Portland, Oregon. She holds music degrees from Vassar College (NY) and Mannes College of Music (NY).