Background
KUHLMANN, Kathleen was born on December 7, 1950 in. San Francisco.
KUHLMANN, Kathleen was born on December 7, 1950 in. San Francisco.
Mercy High School, San Francisco and University of San Francisco. Chicago Lyric Opera School 1976-1979.
Freelance; international debuts: Teatro alia Scalla, Milan 1980, San Francisco Opera Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 1982, Teatro Regio Parma Glyndeboume Festival Opera 1983, Wiener Staatsoper 1983, Teatro Communale Pisa 1983, Chicago Lyric Opera 1984, Salzburger Festspiele Stuttgart Opera 1985, Hamburg State Opera 1985, Lausanne/Geneva Napoli 1987, Tel Aviv 1988, Metropolitan debut 1989. Renowned for her interpretation of Rossini-Mezzo repertoire, also Charlotte and Carmen.
Married Haydn John Rawstron in 1983.