Mezzo-Soprano
Biography
Lauded for her “flowering, darkly rich voice” (Boston Classical Review) and “natural, easy stage presence, and ample vocal gift”, mezzo-soprano Krista Laskowski is “adding an engaging zest” (Boston Musical Intelligencer) to the American opera and concert stage.
Ms. Laskowski was most recently seen on the concert stage as the Soloist in the Florida première of Florence Price's Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight with Choral Artists of Sarasota, where she was also the Alto soloist in Mozart's Requiem in 2023. In 2023 she also performed as the Alto Soloist in Duruflé's Requiem in Siesta Key, Florida with Jeremy Filsell at the organ, and was seen performing concerts along Florida's Gulf Coast, including engagements in Tampa, Sarasota, Siesta Key, Punta Gorda, Naples, and Marco Island.
Ms. Laskowski's repertoire includes both standard and contemporary opera, musical theatre, oratorio and song. She debuted at Indianapolis Opera as Flora Bervoix in Verdi's La Traviata, and her portrayal of the Marquise de Merteuil in the Boston première of Conrad Susa’s The Dangerous Liaisons was noted “flamboyantly evil in a way that’s so very fun to watch” (New England Theatre Geek).
Other important roles include Meg March (Little Women), Siebel (Faust), Amastre (Serse), Florence Pike (Albert Herring), and Franca Nacarelli (The Light in the Piazza).
On the concert stage, Ms. Laskowski has performed the works of Bach, Vivaldi, Saint-Saëns, Mozart, Handel, Vaughan Williams, Duruflé, Strozzi, Bleckner and Argento.
Ms. Laskowski has been seen on stage with Opera Tampa, Gulfshore Opera, Odyssey Opera, Boston Opera Collaborative, MassOpera, and New Voices Opera. She has completed residencies and apprenticeships at Central City Opera, Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, Indianapolis Opera and the Bay View Music Festival.
Ms. Laskowski earned both her Bachelor and Master of Music from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. She is a native of Canandaigua, New York.
