Soprano Catherine Hooper is a graduate of the Royal College of Music in London, where she studied with Rosa Mannion and Caroline Dowdle. Before pursuing music, she completed degrees in Classics and English at the University of St Andrews and a master’s degree in Anglo‑Saxon, Norse and Celtic at the University of Cambridge. Since finishing her studies at the Royal College of Music, Catherine has participated in several UK young artist programmes, including Opera Prelude, SongEasel, and OperaUpClose, and in 2026 she will join the Wexford Factory in Ireland. She will also make her role debut as Micaëla in Devon Opera’s Carmen.
Catherine’s recent operatic roles include Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte, International Opera Academy Ghent), Musetta (La bohème, Devon Opera), Senta (The Flying Dutchman, OperaUpClose), and Woman in the touring production We Two Were Lovers – The Sea and I. At the Royal College of Music she covered the Queen of the Night and performed scenes as Countess Almaviva, Donna Anna, and Alcina. She has since reprised the Queen of the Night for the Royal Opera House Create & Sing Programme, performed scenes as Gilda and Mimì with Opera Prelude, and sung with the Glyndebourne Chorus.