Christina English
mezzo-soprano

Website:
www.christinaenglish.com

Mezzo-soprano Christina English recently made her Carnegie Hall debut in Weill Recital Hall with pianist Katie Reimer, performing Malcolm Peyton's Songs from Walt Whitman. An avid performer of contemporary works, she was also selected by composer John Heiss to perform his Songs from James Joyce for mezzo-soprano and clarinet in Jordan Hall. Her recital repertoire includes Montsalvatge's Cinco Canciones Negras, Grieg's Haugtussa, Schumann'sFrauenliebe und Leben, Stravinsky's Three Songs from William Shakespeare, and Satie's Trois Melodies de 1916. In the Summer of 2007, she was a Young Artist at the Seagle Music Colony, where she sang the role of Sappho in Mark Adamo's Lysistrata, as well as various supporting and chorus roles. In Summer 2008, she will attend the renowned OperaWorks training program, perform Bach's Magnificat with the Masterworks Chorale in Lexington, MA, and perform in workshop productions of two new operas at the Seagle Music Colony with Fort Worth Opera.

Ms. English also performed the roles of Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier), Hänsel, Cenerentola, Orfeo (Orfeo ed Euridice), The Baroness (The Italian Straw Hat), Miss Todd (The Old Maid and the Thief), Elizabeth Proctor (The Crucible), Meg Page (Falstaff), the Secretary (The Consul), Bianca (The Rape of Lucretia), and Beatrice (Inquisitive Women) in scenes with New England Conservatory, Boston Opera Collaborative, Crittenden Opera Studio, and Riverside Theatreworks. In the summer of 2004, she sang Second Spirit in Operafestival di Roma's production of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. The following summer, she returned as Cherubino in their production of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro. An active Board member of Boston Opera Collaborative, Ms. English most recently sang Cherubino and Cherubin in BOC's innovative scenes program The Countess of Seville and Rosina in BOC's evening of bel canto opera scenes, Making a Scena. In addition she performed in the chorus and covered the role of Clytemnestra in BOC's inaugural production of Gluck'sIphigénie en Aulide.

She earned her Master of Music from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where she continues her studies with Carole Haber. In the 2006-07 season, Ms. English performed the roles of Zita in Gianni Schicchi, Second Witch in Dido and Aeneas and Juno in Orpheus in the Underworld with New England Conservatory. A native of San Jose, CA, she earned her B.A. in Music and a minor in dance from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where she studied with Dr. Barbara Dyer. For more information, including upcoming performances, please visitwww.christinaenglish.com.