Acclaimed for her "show-stopping," "ripe, round," and "searing" voice, Gretchen Krupp is rapidly establishing herself as a magnetic force in the opera world, distinguished by her extraordinary vocalism and compelling theatricality. Her diverse repertoire spans centuries and styles, from classic to contemporary, dramatic to comic. 

The 2025-2026 season includes return appearances to The Dallas Opera  as Mère Jeanne in Dialogues des Carmélites, as well as performing the role of Tebaldo, and covering Eboli in Don Carlo. Additionally, she returns to The Atlanta Opera  for their final installment of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, Götterdämmerung, singing Flosshilde and covering Waltraute/First Norn. In concert, she performs Handel’s Messiah with the Santa Fe Symphony . 

During 2024-2025 season, Ms. Krupp first debuted with the York Symphony Orchestra  as the mezzo soloist in Verdi's Messa da Requiem, followed by an additional debut with the Pacific Symphony  as Flosshilde in Tomer Zvulun’s production of Das Rheingold. The mezzo then returned to the The Santa Fe Opera  to sing Waltraute and cover Fricka in a new production of Wagner's Die Walküre under the baton of James Gaffigan.  

The 2023-2024 season featured Ms. Krupp in several significant performances, beginning with The Dallas Opera  for the premiere of Joby Talbot and Gene Scheer's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. She subsequently made her Pittsburgh Opera  debut, stepping in on short notice as Mary in Der fliegende Holländer. Returning to The Dallas Opera , she debuted as Erste Magd in Elektra and appeared as a featured soloist in The Hart Institute for Women Conductors Showcase Concert. Ms. Krupp concluded her season with a significant role debut as Fricka in Die Walküre with The Atlanta Opera . 

In 2023, Ms. Krupp debuted with the The Santa Fe Opera  as Mary in Der fliegende Holländer and covered the role of Ježibaba in Rusalka. As a recent alumna of The Atlanta Opera 's Glynn Studio Artist Program, she performed as Flosshilde and covered Fricka in Das Rheingold, covered Judith in Bluebeard's Castle, and portrayed Paquette in Candide, Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, and Edith in The Pirates of Penzance. 

Her concert appearances include engagements with The Dallas Opera  and Baltimore Concert Opera . In summer 2021, Ms. Krupp returned to Wolf Trap Opera  as a Filene Artist, performing Armelinde in Viardot's Cendrillon and Dorothée in Bologne's L'Amant Anonyme. That season also featured her first performance of Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder in recital and an appearance as soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra. 

Prior to the pandemic, Ms. Krupp reprised the role of Samira in Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles for her European debut at the Château de Versailles Spectacles. She was also awarded the prestigious Georgina Joshi International Fellowship, which supported her studies in Berlin. The 2018-2019 season included her return to The Glimmerglass Festival, where she debuted as Samira in The Ghosts of Versailles and Mrs. Noye in Britten's Noye's Fludde, alongside her mainstage debut with Greensboro Opera as the Witch in Hansel and Gretel. 

Her notable roles include Cornelia in Giulio Cesare, Principessa in Suor Angelica, Mère Marie in Dialogues des Carmélites, Mistress Quickly in Falstaff, Chocholka/Woodpecker/Innkeeper's Wife in The Cunning Little Vixen, Auntie in Peter Grimes, Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro, Alisa in Lucia di Lammermoor, and the Marquise in La fille du régiment. 

Ms. Krupp was named a 2018 Grand Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (now the Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition) and a Finalist in the 29th Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers, culminating in the 2017 Concert of Arias with Houston Grand Opera. She is a proud alumna of prestigious young artist programs at the Santa Fe Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, The Glimmerglass Festival, Des Moines Metro Opera, and Dolora Zajick's Institute for Young Dramatic Voices.