Noted for her “rich and mellifluous” voice (Opera News) and “striking” stage presence (The Arts Fuse), mezzo-soprano Christina English brings a collaborative spirit to projects rooted in storytelling and connection. Her work spans opera, oratorio, chamber music, and musical theater, with a particular love for projects that foster deep connection and community among musicians and audiences alike.

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In the 2024–25 season, Christina appeared as Muriel in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Moonbox Productions and performed with Boston Baroque in Messiah and Ariodante. She also joined Odyssey Opera and BMOP for Mark Adamo’s Lysistrata and completed a multi-year tour of Julia Wolfe’s Her Story—"an urgent, engrossing 30-minute oratorio on the fight for women's suffrage” (The Washington Post)—with Lorelei Ensemble and the National Symphony Orchestra.

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Recent highlights include Messiah, Don Giovanni, and Beethoven’s Ninth with Boston Baroque; Mrs. Allan in Argento’s The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe with Odyssey Opera and BMOP; and solo appearances with Musicians of the Old Post Road, Arcadia Players, Back Bay Chorale, Boston Cecilia, and Lowell Chamber Orchestra. With Lorelei Ensemble, she performed Wolfe’s Her Story with orchestras across the U.S, including Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Nashville, and San Francisco.

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A founding core member of Lorelei Ensemble and longtime member of the Boston Baroque chorus, Christina thrives in musical collaboration. With Lorelei, she has premiered dozens of new works—including Jessica Meyer’s I Long and Seek After, the choral version of David Lang’s love fail, and Nanine Linning’s La Mer with Boston Ballet—and she has appeared with the ensemble at Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Gardner Museum, and Tanglewood, among others.

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Her favorite stage roles range from fierce and funny to poignant and powerful, including the Pilot in Rachel Portman’s The Little Prince (NEMPAC Opera Project), Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest (Odyssey Opera), the Housekeeper in Man of La Mancha (New Rep), and the nursing sister in Puccini’s Suor Angelica (Boston Symphony Orchestra and Lorelei Ensemble). Other credits include performances with Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Guerilla Opera, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Opera Collaborative, and more.

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On the concert stage, Christina has appeared as a soloist with ensembles across the Northeast and beyond, including the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Rhode Island Philharmonic & Providence Singers, Newburyport Choral Society, and Resonance Works. She also enjoys intimate chamber music collaborations, most recently with Sheffield Chamber Players, Arneis Quartet, and Alea III.

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A passionate believer in music’s ability to foster connection and spark dialogue, for several years Christina was Executive Director of Sheffield Chamber Players, an ensemble devoted to creating connection and community through intimate chamber music performances. She is also a member of Beyond Artists, a coalition of performers who support causes they care about through their work; Christina donates a portion of her concert fees to the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts and the Environmental Defense Fund, among others.