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. Following this collaboration, she became a member of Mimesis Ensemble, a New York City based group dedicated to performing works of living composers. Equally comfortable on the operatic stage, this summer she will perform the role of Mercedes in Boston Opera Collaborative's Carmen and sing the alto solos in Handel's Messiah with the Paul Madore Chorale in Salem, MA.

A devoted performer of art song, Ms English was awarded Second Prize in Voice in the 2009 Grieg Festival Young Artists Competition in Florida, performing selections from Grieg's Haugtussa. She is a sought after interpreter of contemporary works, and was invited by composer John Heiss to perform his Songs from James Joyce in New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, as well as by Mohammed Fairouz to sing his Three Shakespeare Songs at the Kaufmann Center. Recital repertoire includes Montsalvatge's Cinco Canciones Negras, Schumann's Frauenliebe und Leben, Stravinsky's Three Songs from William Shakespeare, and Satie's Trois Melodies de 1916. Her operatic training and performance includes the Seagle Music Colony, OperaWorks, Operafestival di Roma, MetroWest Opera, Longwood Opera, and the Crittenden Opera Studio.

Christina earned her Master of Music from the New England Conservatory, where she continues her studies with Carole Haber. 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. She also studied acting, dance, and voice at American Musical Theater San Jose's Artists Institute.