Soprano Kathleen O’Mara was recently awarded 1st Prize at the 2025 Queen Sonja Singing Competition and 1st Prize and the Birgit Nilsson Prize at the 2024 Operalia Competition. She is a graduate of LA Opera’s Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program and is a 2024 recipient of the prestigious Sara Tucker Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation.

In the 2025–2026 season, Ms. O’Mara returned to the Metropolitan Opera for Don Giovanni (Donna Anna) under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin and The Magic Flute (First Lady).

She will also return to Teatro alla Scala for Die Walküre (Helmwige) and debut with Seattle Opera in Carmen (Micaëla) conducted by Ludovic Morlot. Future seasons include debuts with The Santa Fe Opera and the Barcelona Symphony, as well as a return to LA Opera.