Kristin Gornstein

Mezzo-Soprano
Current Position

Biography

(She/They) Praised as “a fine actress with a deep, spacious sound” [Parterre], American mezzo-soprano Kristin Gornstein brings her “rich-voiced mezzo-soprano” and “lines of an uncannily silky legato” [New York Times] to her work, ranging from the traditional to the edgy and imaginative.
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Experience

Fort Collins, CO

Dido and Aeneas

2023 - 2023
Dido

Mozart, Il re pastore

2020 - 2020
Tamiri

Piramo e Tisbe

2018 - 2018
Piramo

Bard Summerscape

2019 - 2019
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Acquanetta

2019 - 2019
Ensemble
Brooklyn, NY

Aquanetta

2018 - 2019
Ensemble

On Site Opera

2017 - 2018
New York, NY

Mozart, La finta giardiniera

2017 - 2018
Ramiro
Indianapolis, IN

Happy Birthday, Wanda June

2016 - 2016
Paul
Brooklyn, NY

Dido and Aeneas

2016 - 2017
Ensemble
Middlebury, Vermont

Macbeth

2016 - 2016
Lady-in-Waiting
New York, NY

Jean d'Arc au Bucher

2016 - 2016
Ensemble

Loft Opera

2014 - 2015
Brooklyn, NY

The Rape of Lucretia

2015 - 2015
Lucretia

Il barbiere di Siviglia

2014 - 2014
Rosina

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Biography

Kristin Gornstein

Praised as “a fine actress with a deep, spacious sound” [Parterre], American mezzo-soprano Kristin Gornstein brings her “rich-voiced mezzo-soprano” and “lines of an uncannily silky legato” [New York Times] to her work, ranging from the traditional to the edgy and imaginative. She was lauded for her recent portrayal of Piramo in Johan Hasse’s baroque gem Piramo e Tisbe with The Little Opera Theatre of New York, with Opera News calling her performance, “...masterful. She sang the difficult role with a truly flawless lyric mezzo”. In 2019 she debuted the role of Julie in Pulitzer Prize-nominated composer Alex Weiser’s opera State of the Jews. Kristin was lauded for her portrayal of Ramiro in Mozart’s La finta giardiniera in a co-production by On Site Opera and Atlanta Opera, a role she reprised in 2018 at Caramoor. She performed in the ensemble of the groundbreaking opera Acquanetta, both in the 2018 world premiere at the Prototype Festival, and at the Bard Summerscape Festival in 2019.Recent seasons have also included several role debuts: Angelina in Rossini’s La cenerentola with Salt Marsh Opera, Lady-in-Waiting in Verdi’s Macbeth with Opera Company of Middlebury, and Paul in the world premiere Vonnegut/Clark’s Happy Birthday, Wanda June with Indianapolis Opera. In 2018, Kristin had her Carnegie Hall debut, winning third place in the Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition. She is a frequent soloist with Concerts at St. Ignatius in NYC and the Brooklyn Art Song Society, and has performed with many small ensembles, including Seraphic Fire and Musica Sacra.

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