Katy Bingham-Best made her professional debut as Carmen on tour with Co-Opera. She later repeated the role for Opera Box in theatres throughout the UK.

 

Her other roles for many different companies include: Isabella in Rossini’s ‘Italian Girl in Algiers’, Rosina in ‘Barber of Seville,’ Bradamante in ‘Alcina,’ Malcolm in ‘La Donna del Lago,’ Ulrica in ‘A Masked Ball,’ Miss Baggott in ‘The Little Sweep,’ Florence Pike in ‘Albert Herring,’ Mistress Quickly in ‘Falstaff,’ Meg Page in ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor,’ Suzuki in ‘Madam Butterfly,’ Dame Carruthers in ‘Yeomen of the Guard,’ Katisha in ‘The Mikado,’ Queen Elizabeth in ‘Merrie England,’ Filipyevna in ‘Eugene Onegin,’ Dame Hannah in ‘Ruddigore,’ and the Counsel in ‘Trial by Jury.’

 

She appeared in two Opera North productions and toured the Middle and Far East as Maddalena in ‘Rigoletto.’ In Zimbabwe she played Third Lady in ‘Magic Flute’ for Pegasus Opera, and played La Maestra della Novizie in ‘Suor Angelica,’ directed by Simon Callow and broadcast on Classic FM.

 

At Buxton Opera House she played Lady Blanche in ‘Princess Ida’ and Buttercup in ‘HMS Pinafore,’ for the Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company. She has twice been a guest soloist on Gilbert and Sullivan cruises along the Rhine, and the Dutch and Belgian waterways.

 

Katy made her Cadogan Hall debut for Islington Choral Society's 40th birthday celebrations as the soloist in Elgar’s ‘The Music Makers, and among other appearances for the Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir, was guest soloist at the choir's annual Barbican concert. She has been alto soloist for choral societies across the country and at other major London venues such as Southwark Cathedral, St John’s Smith Square – and St John of Jerusalem!

 

Highlights so far this year include performances for Brightlingsea Winterfest, a guest solo spot for the Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Society, and acting as puppeteer/narrator in a show for the under-fives called ‘Lily and Bear.’