Scottish mezzo-soprano Katherine Aitken is a graduate of the Royal College of Music and Royal Academy of Music, London. During her time in the Royal Academy Opera, Katherine sung roles including Cherubino in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro and La Ciesca in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi.

After completing her formal education, Katherine was a member of the Studio Opéra de Lyon where she performed the roles of L'Enfant (Ravel's L'Enfant et les Sortilèges) and Valetto (Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea). She is also a Samling Artist.

Katherine’s recent highlights include being the mezzo soprano soloist on Scottish Opera’s Autumn Highlights Tour, Dorabella (Cosi fan tutte by Mozart) and Carmen (Carmen by Bizet) for Diva Opera, The Woman (The Soldier’s Return by Marcos Fernandez-Barrero) for Opera Sunderland and Charles Grey (Georgiana compiled by Mark Tatlow) for Buxton Opera Festival. For Opéra de Lyon, Katherine has sung the roles of Witness 2/Singer 2/Woman 2 (Lessons in Love and Violence by George Benjamin), Tisbe (La Cenerentola by Rossini) and Pippetto (Donizetti’s Viva la Mamma!). Katherine recently sang Pippetto (Donizetti’s Viva la Mamma!) for Grand Théâtre de Genève, Tisbe (La Cenerentola by Rossini) in the Edinburgh International Festival and Cherubino (The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart) for English Touring Opera and premiered the role of Wild Woman in Aurora by Noah Moseley with Bury Court Opera and the Grimeborn Festival. Katherine also recently premiered the role of Beauty in The Opera Story’s production of Beauty and the Seven Beasts, a role that was written for her.