Maria Kate Fleming grew up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, where she sought out and took every opportunity to perform.  She studied piano, danced (even in the rain), played the trumpet in marching band for 7 years, sang solos in church choir, recited poems, and cultivated her natural stage presence performing with community theater groups. Amidst it all, she decided to study classical voice. 

While earning her BM at Loyola University New Orleans, she entertained sold-out audiences as the title role in Lakmé and Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute. Having been the recipient of both academic and music scholarship, the Theodore Presser award, and several other honors, Ms. Fleming graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2005.  That was also the year of her professional debut with New Orleans Opera as Sylviane in The Merry Widow.

After moving to Baltimore, Maryland, to attend Peabody Conservatory for her Master’s degree, Ms. Fleming recreated her role as Queen of the Night with Peabody’s outreach opera.  Other roles include Olympia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann with Peabody Opera , Sophie in a concertized version of Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel at Opera in the Ozarks, and Adele (Die Fledermaus) in the 2007 AIMS Opernabend Konzert in Frohnleiten, Austria. 

In the past two seasons, Ms. Fleming has delivered memorable performances across the United States.  In April 2008, she sang and danced in combat boots as Cupid in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld with Opera Vivente in Baltimore.  Then, following summer travel in Europe and Morocco, Ms. Fleming performed in a benefit concert with colleagues in Napa Valley, California, where she returned in December for a special holiday charity concert. Other recent performances include Sally in Die Fledermaus with Opera Manhattan in New York, Fortuna/Damigella in Opera Vivente’s The Coronation of Poppea, and Blonde in scenes from Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail in New Haven, Connecticut. 

Ms. Fleming studies with Claudia Friedlander in New York City and is represented by RP Talent Management.

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