Interview: WQED discussion of Concert of Ukrainian Words and Music

Katie joined colleagues Adriana Helbig and Robert Frankenberry to discuss with Anna Singer the Concert of Ukrainian Words and Music sponsored by University of Pittsburgh's Summer Language Institute and Department of Music. The concert benefited Razom for Ukraine and Kyiv School of Economics. The interview aired on June 6, 2022.
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Feature: Faculty spotlight on the SRB Podcast

Katie gave an interview about her singing and teaching careers for Sean Guillory's Russia Blog podcast with the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies The podcast was released on August 21, 2020.
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Feature: Bel Cantanti's The Tsar's Bride ​on Voice of America

Bel Cantanti's production of The Tsar's Bride, in which Katie sang the role of Domna Saburova, was featured on Voice of America on June 19, 2019.
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Interview: WQED discussion of Debussy concert

Katie, pianist Eric Dzugan, and soprano Kelly Lynch discuss their concert dedicated to the 100th memorial of Claude Debussy with Jim Cunningham on WQED. The interview aired on October 9, 2018.
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Review: Zdenka in Arabella

"Other vocal highlights included soprano Katie Manukyan's Zdenka, Ms. Manukyan delivered a clear, bright tone throughout [...]" -Jeremy Reynolds, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Interview: WQED discussion of Granados concert

Katie and pianist Eric Dzugan discuss their concert in honor of the 150th anniversary of Spanish-Catalan composer Enrique Granados's birth with Jim Cunningham on WQED. The interview aired on November 6th, 2017.
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Interview: WQED discussion of Eugene Onegin

Katie, Mary Beth Sederburg, and Ian Greenlaw sat down with WQED's Anna Singer to discuss Undercroft Opera's concert production on Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. The interview aired on February 15th, 2017.
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Interview: WQED discussion of Kalinnikov concert

Katie and pianist Eric Dzugan discuss their concert in honor of the 150th anniversary of Vasily Kalinnikov's birth with Jim Cunningham on WQED. The interview aired on November 8th, 2016.
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Review: Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi

"Also of note was Katie Manukyan as Lauretta [... She] delivered this song about not being able [to] live without her love with a reserved sincerity that let the audience really focus on the emotionalism of the lyrics. I was truly moved by her performance." -Nichole Faina, Pittsburgh in the Round
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Reviews: Micaëla in Carmen the Gypsy 

"Other standout moments were Ms. Manukyan's mournful arias [...]" -Brian Pope, PA Theatre Guide
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"Katie Manukyan sang and acted the role of Micaela with the added vehemence and intensity this production allows." -George Parous, Pittsburgh in the Round
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"Soprano Katie Manukyan's got some top notes that raise the roof as Micaëla" -Ted Hoover, Pittsburgh City Paper
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Review: Gorislava in ​Ruslan and Ludmila

"As regards Katie Manukyan, the singer who performed the role of Gorislava, it would be easy to mistake her for a Russian. But no, she is American. But she studied in the Moscow Conservatory and therefore sings entirely without an accent." -Irina Chaikovskaya, Seagull Magazine
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Review: Mabel in Pirates of Penzance

"Manukyan's voice is operatic and angelic, her trilling is enthralling and especially sweet during "Oh, is there not one maiden breast." -Megan Grabowski, Pittsburgh in the Round
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Reviews: Gloria Thorpe in Damn Yankees

..."female sportswriter Gloria Thorpe, who is played with aplomb by Katie Manukyan." -Alice T. Carter, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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"pretty amazing" -Nancy Mimless, 'Burgh Vivant
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Review: Winnie Blocker in ​A New Kind of Fallout

"Alice’s friends, Bette Stritch (Teresa Procter), Winnie Blocker (Katie Manukyan), and Flora Dart (Desiree Soteres), are clever additions to the ensemble, and the roles were well sung and particularly well acted." -George Parous, Pittsburgh Stage Magazine
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