Kristen Walker, Soprano
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About
Silver-toned Soprano, Kristen Walker, possesses an attractive, dramatic voice, full of long, lyrical lines. Equally at home with operatic roles and concert work, Ms. Walker has enjoyed performances in a variety of venues throughout the country, including New York, California, Utah, and her home state of Missouri. During the 2019-2020 season Ms. Walker returned to New York as a Featured Artist with the New York Dramatic Voices to sing Sieglinde’s final scene from Die Walküre.
In the 2018-2019 season, Ms. Walker had the honor of singing the world premiere of I Shall Have Peace, a song cycle by Michael Payne. The first movement, I Am Not Yours, was written specifically for her expressive soprano voice. Also this season, Ms. Walker performed the role of Tonina in Prima la musica, e poi le parole with the Springfield Regional Opera.
During the 2017-2018 season, Ms. Walker made her role debut as Zweite Dame in Springfield Regional Opera’s production of Die Zauberflöte as well as gracing the stage as a guest soloist for concerts with Springfield Mid America Singers and The Queen City Masquerade, performing excerpts from Wagner’s Tannhäuser. That summer she sang in concert at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, and performed scenes as Minnie (La Fanciulla del West), Euyranthe (Euryanthe), and Laura (La Gioconda) as a Principal Artist with the Utah Vocal Arts Academy, an affiliate of the Utah Lyric Opera.
Ms. Walker made her New York debut in 2015 with the Manhattan Opera Studio singing Marcellina in their production of Le nozze di Figaro. She was invited to reprise this role the following season with Springfield Regional Opera. Ms. Walker also spent the summer of 2016 participating in the prestigious SongFest Program as a Professional Artist in Los Angeles.
Other career highlights include singing with Springfield Regional Opera as a Studio Artist. During this time, Ms. Walker enjoyed roles in their productions of The Wise Women, The Elixir of Love, and Otello as well as singing at various galas and concert venues. Ms. Walker earned her Master of Music in Voice Performance from Missouri State University while simultaneously performing and working behind the scenes in their Opera Theatre Program’s productions of The Magic Flute, Die Fledermaus, and Dido and Aeneas.
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Repertoire
Opera
Charpentier
Elise, Louise*
Coward
Harriet, Bitter Sweet*
Donizetti
Marquise of Birkenfeld,
The Daughter of the Regiment*
L'elisir d'amore+
Massenet
Dorthée, Cendillion*
Menotti
Mrs. Pinkerton, The Old Maid and
the Thief*
Moore
Mary, The Ballad of Baby Doe*
Mozart
Contessa Almaviva, Le Nozze di Figaro*
Erste dame, Die Zauberflöte+
Marcellina, Le Nozze di Figaro+
Tonina, Prima la musica, e poi le parole+
Zweite dame, Die Zauberflöte+
Puccini
Minnie, La Fanciulla del West*
Zita, Gianni Schicchi*
Ponchielli
Laura, La Gioconda*
Purcell
Second Woman, Dido and Aeneas+
Rossini
Berta, The Barber of Seville*
Susa
Angel, The Wise Women+
Strauss ll
Die Fledermaus+
Verdi
Otello+
Wagner
Elisabeth, Tannhäuser*
Sieglinde, Die Walküre*
Weber
Euryanthe, Euryanthe*
Weill
Greta Fiorentino, Street Scene>
Full Resume available upon request
+performed role
*partial scene performance
^cover
>prepared role
Concert
Beall
Song of 'Almah+
Bernstein
Chichester Psalms+
Chamberlain
The World Beloved:
A Bluegrass Mass+
Corigliano
Fern Hill+
Handel
Messiah+
Payne
I Shall Have Peace+
Rutter
Gloria+
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