Bio
Mezzo-soprano Kristen Choi is making waves in the world of opera, with Opera News dubbing her a “powerhouse in the making” for her performance as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly. Engagements this season include a role and house debut with the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance as Bloody Mary in South Pacific, her debut with the Boise Philharmonic as the alto soloist in Mozart’s Requiem, and Virginia Opera as Dorabella in Così fan tutte. Ms. Choi is slated to return to Dallas Opera in a future season. Also this season, Ms. Choi will join Florentine Opera, Kentucky Opera, Austin Opera, and Opera San Antonio in her signature role of Suzuki. Described as “steadfast…solidly empathetic and ferocious” (KCStudio); “warm and lovely” (Washington Post); and “theatrically potent” (Opera News), she has performed the role with eleven different companies since her debut with the Glimmerglass Festival in 2014, including Opera Philadelphia, Virginia Opera, Detroit Opera, the Lubbock Symphony, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and Washington National Opera. She will bring her Suzuki to Opera Colorado in 2025-26. Ms. Choi recently joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera covering Dimitri in Fedora. Other credits include the Second Maidservant in Elektra (Dallas Opera), Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro (Opera Omaha, Sarasota Opera), the Cook in Stravinsky’s Le rossignol (West Edge Opera), Maddalena in Rigoletto (Opera Philadelphia), Annina in La traviata (HALO), Third Lady in The Magic Flute (Opera Maine, Virginia Opera), Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Virginia Opera), and Ruth Sherwood in Wonderful Town (Seattle Symphony). Contemporary works include Hosokawa’s The Raven (Opera Philadelphia), Mother in Wang’s Fearless workshop (Opera Delaware), Hiroko Kobayashi in Perla’s An American Dream (Opera Idaho and Virginia Opera), Stewardess in Flight (Dallas Opera), Phoung Tran in Ruo/Hwang’s The Rift workshop (Washington National Opera), the title role in Murasaki’s Moon (On Site Opera).