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 will be making her Carnegie Hall debut as the Alto Soloist in Mozart's Requiem in June 2025 with MidAmerica Productions. Most recently, she was seen as the Alto soloist in Pergolesi's Stabat Mater in Canandaigua, NY, and in January was featured in a Gilbert & Sullivan review with Choral Artists of Sarasota. Choral Artists of Sarasota has also featured Ms. Laskowski as the Soloist in the Florida première of Florence Price's Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight in 2024, and the Alto Soloist in Mozart's Requiem in 2023. In 2023 she was also 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 which include 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.
