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 made her Carnegie Hall debut as the Alto Soloist in Mozart's Requiem in June 2025 with MidAmerica Productions. She will end 2025 making her role debut as The Mother in Menotti's The Consul with Hillman Opera, as a Featured Artist in Victor Pops' Holiday Concert, and as the Alto Soloist in Handel's Messiah with The Sarasota Choral Society. Ms. Laskowski begins her 2026 season covering the role of Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana with Sotto Voce. Early 2025 saw her as the Alto Soloist in Pergolesi's Stabat Mater in Canandaigua, NY, and featured in a Gilbert & Sullivan review with Choral Artists of Sarasota, where she has also been featured as the Soloist in the Florida première of Florence Price's Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight, and the Alto Soloist in Mozart's Requiem. In 2023 she was the Alto Soloist in Duruflé's Requiem in Siesta Key, Florida with Jeremy Filsell at the organ.
As a recitalist, Ms. Laskowski has presented programs including art song, opera arias and musical theater selections.
Ms. Laskowski's repertoire spans 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, Pergolesi, Mozart, Handel, Vaughan Williams, Duruflé, Strozzi, Bleckner, Price and Argento.
Ms. Laskowski has been seen on stage with Opera Tampa, Gulfshore Opera, Indianapolis Opera, Odyssey Opera, Boston Opera Collaborative, MassOpera, and New Voices Opera.
Ms. Laskowski earned both her Bachelor and Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. She is a native of Canandaigua, New York.
