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Kristina Driskill, M.M. Instructor, Voice
Mezzo-soprano Kristina Driskill has been praised for her agile coloratura, as well as for her unique vocal colour. Of her performance as Siebel in Faust, the Houston Press claimed, "With her utter professionalism, plummy dark voice, and easy stage presence, Driskill outshines everyone else." Making her European operatic debut in the title role of La Cenerentola, Ms. Driskill has also performed the roles of Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Sesto (Guilio Cesare), Dorabella (Cosi fan Tutte), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Beppe (L'amico Fritz), Mercedes (Carmen), Flora (La Traviata), Dido (Dido and Aeneas), Meg (Falstaff and Merry Wives of Windsor), The Witch (Into the Woods), Hodel (Fiddler on the Roof) and Mere Marie (Dialogues of the Carmelites), as well as Carmela in Dallas Opera's production of La Vida Breve with Denyce Graves. She has sung with organizations including Utah Festival Opera, New Orleans Opera, Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca (Italy), Opera East Texas, Opera in the Heights (Houston), OperaWorks (Los Angeles), Amarillo Opera, Orchestra X (Houston), Los Angeles Opera’s Sing Out Loud series, Lake Charles Symphony, and the Brazosport Symphony Orchestra, and has sung solo recitals in England, Scotland, Germany, Austria, and Sweden. A winner of the West Virginia University College of Creative Arts Division of Music’s Young Artist Competition, she presented the Ruckert Lieder settings of Gustav Mahler with the WVU Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Driskill was also one of the Grand Finalist Winners in Opera Longview's National Opera Artist of the Year Competition in 2002 and was cast as Jennifer Conley in the television pilot This Hard Land (www.thishardland.net). Ms. Driskill holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Louisiana State University and a Master of Music degree from Rice University and is finalizing her Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from West Virginia University. She also is the Managing Director for OperaWorks, a nationally recognized and acclaimed performance training program for singers.
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