Mezzo-Soprano
"The Winter Opera cast is led by the beautiful Kate Tombaugh in the title role. It's unusual for an operatic heroine to be written as a coloratura contralto and such creatures are rare. But Miss Tombaugh more than triumphs as our Cinderella. Her lovely voice is full of power and clarity. She projects to the rafters and her diction is crystalline. (I found myself actually understanding some of the Italian!) In the last scene, after blissing through a particularly demanding tour de force aria, "Perché tremar, perché?" she gives us an astonishing crescendo as she soars to that very highest note. Amazing!"Winter Opera St. Louis' La Cenerentola, January 2017
"...a leading couple who were vocally, dramatically and physically attractive. As Cenerentola/Angelina, mezzo-soprano Kate Tombaugh sang flawlessly and captured the character’s essential goodness..." Winter Opera St. Louis' La Cenerentola, January 2017
