Mezzo-soprano Catherine Wyn-Rogers last appeared with the Handel and Haydn Society in Handel Messiah in 2010. Wyn-Rogers was a Foundation Scholar at the Royal College of Music,studying with Meriel St Clair and gaining several prizes including the DameClara Butt award. She continued her studies with Ellis Keeler and now workswith Diane Forlano. Wyn-Rogers works extensively in recital and oratorio, appearing with the major British orchestras and choral societies and at theThree Choirs, Edinburgh, and Aldeburgh Festivals and at the BBC Proms, of which she was a memorable soloist at the Last Night of the 1995 Proms. She is equally renowned for her performances with period instrument orchestras. Her recentengagements have included appearances with the Philharmonia, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Netherlands Radio Orchestra, the European Union Youth Orchestra, and her debut with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

Catherine Wyn-Rogers' numerous recordings include Handel's Samson with The Sixteen under Harry Christophers, Mozart's Vespers with Trevor Pinnock for DG, Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music with Roger Norrington for Decca, and Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius for EMI. She has joined Graham Johnson's Complete Schubert Edition for Hyperion, recorded Mozart’s Requiem with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Sir Charles Mackerras, and Mrs. Sedley (Peter Grimes) with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Colin Davis.

She appears regularly on the opera stage and has worked with Scottish Opera, Welsh National Opera, Opera North, the Semperoper, Dresden, the Bordeaux Opera, the Teatro Real Madrid, the Netherlands Opera, and the Salzburg Festival. She is a regular guest artist with English National Opera; with the Royal Opera House, Covent; and with the Bavarian State Opera. She made her debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in The Midsummer Marriage and her debut at the Houston Grand Opera in Peter Grimes.