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 New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. Her recital repertoire includes Montsalvatge's Cinco Canciones Negras, Grieg's Haugtussa, Schumann's Frauenliebe und Leben, Stravinsky's Three Songs from William Shakespeare, and Satie's Trois Melodies de 1916.

Christina is equally comfortable on the operatic stage. 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, sing in Longwood Opera's Summer Concert Series, and return to the Seagle Music Colony to perform in workshop productions of two new operas. Upcoming roles in the 2008-2009 season include La Badessa in Suor Angelica with Boston Opera Collaborative, and Hansel in Riverside Theatreworks' production of Hansel and Gretel.

She 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. ...more>