Photo: Edmund Choo
Katy Bingham-Best
Languages (fluent):
English
Experience
Opera
Sorceress
Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
Kentish Opera
2019
Mamma Lucia
Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni)
Kentish Opera
2018
Annina
La Traviata (Verdi)
Kentish Opera
2017
Alto soloist
The Magic of Kentish Opera Gala (Various)
Kentish Opera
2016
Marthe Schwertlein
Faust (Gounod)
Kentish Opera
2015
Tonia - aka Tonio
I Paglicacci (Leoncavallo)
Irrational Theatre
2016
Zita
Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
Irrational Theatre
2016
Hata
The Bartered Bride (Smetana)
Kentish Opera
2014
Isabella
L'italiana in Algeri (Rossini)
London Opera Players
2008
Filipyevna
Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)
Heritage Opera
2006
Marcellina
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
Threestone
2005
Miss Baggott
The Little Sweep (Britten)
St Aloysius College, London
2004
Bradamante
Alcina (Handel)
Llantilio-Crossenny Festival
2003
Carmen
Carmen (Bizet)
Opera Box
2003
Isabella
L'italiana in Algeri (Rossini)
London Opera Players
2002
Mamma Lucia
Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni)
Kentish Opera
2001
Ulrica
Un ballo in maschera (Verdi)
Riverside Opera
2001
Third Lady/ Third Boy
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
Pegasus Opera
2000
Meg Page
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Nicolai)
St Albans Chamber Opera
2000
Mistress Quickly
Falstaff (Verdi)
London Opera Players
2000
Malcolm
La Donna del Lago (Rossini)
St John's Smith Square
2000
Rosina
The Barber of Seville (Rossini)
Opera South East
1999
Arnalta
Coronation of Poppea (Monteverdi)
St Albans Chamber Opera
1999
Ninetta
Les Vepres Sicilienes (Verdi)
Queen Elizabeth Hall
1999
Mother
A Childhood Miracle (Ned Rorem)
London 20
1998
Preziosilla
La forza del destino (Verdi)
Candid Opera
1997
Mother and Dragonfly
L'enfant et les sortilèges (Ravel)
Curious Opera Group
1997
Norah Walsh
A Child of the Jago (Shirley Thompson)
Purcell Room
1997
Maddalena
Rigoletto (Verdi)
Opera & Concert Productions Ltd
1996
La Maestra delle Novizie
Suor Angelica (Puccini)
Broomhill Opera
1995
Third Lady
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
Brandon Hill Opera
1995
Marcellina
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
English Pocket Opera Company
1995
Operetta/G&S
Counsel for the Plaintiff
Trial by Jury (Gilbert & Sullivan)
St Albans Chamber Opera
2021
Dame Hannah
Ruddigore (Gilbert & Sullivan)
St Albans Chamber Opera
2019
Alto soloist
Gilbert &Sullivan extracts (Gilbert &Sullivan, Noel Coward, Various)
Saga Cruise along the Dutch and Belgian Waterways
2019
Alto soloist
Gilbert & Sullivan extracts (Gilbert & Sullivan, Noel Coward, Various)
Saga Cruise along the Rhine
2018
Ruth
Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert & Sullivan)
St Albans Chamber Opera
2017
Katisha
The Mikado (Gilbert & Sullivan)
St Albans Chamber Opera
2015
Praskowia/Margot
The Merry Widow (Lehár)
Kentish Opera
2015
Queen Elizabeth
Merrie England (Edward German)
Maldon Choral Society
2014
Katisha
The Mikado (Gilbert & Sullivan)
Maldon Choral Society
2012
Little Buttercup
HMS Pinafore (Gilbert & Sullivan)
Kentish Opera
2011
Dame Carruthers
The Yeomen of the Guard (Gilbert & Sullivan)
St Albans Chamber Opera
2011
Adele Strauss
Romance in Vienna (Johann Strauss)
London Opera Productions
2005
Phoebe
The Yeomen of the Guard (Gilbert & Sullivan)
Somerset Opera
2004
Lady Blanche
Princess Ida (Gilbert&Sullivan)
The Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company
2003
Little Buttercup
HMS Pinafore (Gilbert & Sullivan)
The Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company
2003
Musical Theatre
Madame Armfeldt
A Little Night Music (Stephen Sondheim)
Irrational Theatre
2017
Art Song
Soloist
Songs by English composers (Various)
Astor Theatre, Deal
2019
Oratorio/Concerts
Alto soloist
Requiem (Durufle)
Colchester Choral Society
2019
Alto Soloist
Requiem (Durufle)
Southend Festival Chorus
2019
Alto Soloist
Requiem (Mozart)
Wyatt Sinfonia
2019
Alto Soloist.
Requiem (Mozart)
Halstead Choral Society
2018
Alto solo + Chorus
Gloria and Magnificat (Antonio Vivaldi)
Halstead Choral Society
2017
Alto soloist
Mass in Eb (Schubert)
Halstead Choral Society
2017
Alto Soloist
Missa Brevis K 275 (Mozart)
Halstead Choral Society
2017
Alto soloist
Mass in C (Beethoven)
Havering Singers
2016
Alto soloist
Harmoniemesse (Haydn)
Havering Singers
2016
Alto soloist for conducting workshop
Cantata 54 (Bach)
Independent
2016
Alto soloist
Petite Messe Solennelle (Rossini)
Islington Choral Society
2016
Alto soloist
Magnificat (CPE Bach)
St John of Jerusalem Festival Chorus
2015
Alto soloist
Requiem (Michael Haydn)
St John of Jerusalem Festival Chorus
2015
Alto soloist
Messiah (Handel)
Islington Choral Society
2014
Alto soloist
Requiem (Mozart)
Halstead Choral Society
2014
Alto soloist
Miserere (Allegri)
Halstead Choral Society
2014
Alto soloist
The Music Makers (Elgar)
Islington Choral Society
2013
Alto soloist
St John Passion (Bach)
Islington Choral Society
2013
Alto soloist
Messiah (Handel)
St John of Jerusalem Festival Chorus
2012
Alto soloist
Israel In Egypt (Handel)
Islington Choral Society
2012
Guest Soloist
The Armed Man (Karl Jenkins)
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
2012
Alto soloist
Paukenmesse (Haydn)
Islington Choral Society
2012
Alto soloist
Harmoniemesse (Haydn)
Maldon Choral Society
2012
Alto soloist
Stabat Mater (Dvorak)
Islington Choral Society
2011
Alto soloist
Requiem (Mozart)
St John of Jerusalem Festival Chorus
2010
Alto soloist
Solemn Vespers (Mozart)
St John of Jerusalem Festival Chorus
2010
Alto soloist
Nelson Mass (Haydn)
St John of Jerusalem Festival Chorus
2010
Alto soloist
Elijah (Mendelssohn)
Islington Choral Society
2009
Alto soloist
Stabat Mater (Dvorak)
The Festival Chorus
2009
Guest Soloist
Arias and songs (Various)
Met Police Male Voice Choir at Barbican
2008
Alto soloist
Sea Pictures (Elgar)
Barnes Choir
2006
Alto soloist
The Music Makers (Elgar)
Barnes Choir
2006
Alto soloist
Christmas Oratorio (Bach)
St John of Jerusalem Festival Chorus
2005
Alto soloist
Serenade to Music (Vaughan Williams)
Malcolm Sargent Festival Choir
2004
Alto soloist
Mass in C (Beethoven)
Malcolm Sargent Festival Choir
2003
Alto soloist
Magnificat (Bach)
St John of Jerusalem Festival Chorus
2003
Alto soloist
St John Passion (Bach)
St John of Jersualem Festival Chorus
2003
Alto soloist
Lauda alla Nativita (Respighi)
Malcom Sargent Festival Choir
2002
Alto soloist
St Matthew Passion (Bach)
St John of Jerusalem Festival Chorus
2000
Various/Mixed
Soloist
Duet concert of musical favourites (Various)
St Albans Chamber Opera
2021
Recital Soloist
Edwardian music (Various)
Independent
2019
Discography
Soloist
Tree time - a CD of tree-themed songs (Various)
Independent
2018
Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled