A recent graduate of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden American soprano Katie Van Kooten, has been noted by The Daily Telegraph as "a major operatic talent.

In the 2010-2011 season  Katie Van Kooten returns to Houston Grand Opera in her role debut as Ellen Orford in Britten's Peter Grimes under the direction of Patrick Summers in a new production by Neil

 Katie Van Kooten press reviews A Midsummer Night’s Dream “Soprano Katie van Kooten (Helena) in her HGO debut, delivered highly athletic and movingly