GUNLOGSON, KIRSTEN

Alaskan-born mezzo-soprano Kirsten Gunlogson, known for her convincing interpretation of trouser rôles and charmingly feminine portrayals, has distinguished herself as an impressive singing actress. She has performed with Palm Beach Opera, Michigan Opera Theater, Arizona Opera, Utah Symphony and Opera, Tulsa Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Nashville Opera, Indianapolis Opera, and Kentucky Opera in rôles including Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel, Meg Page in Falstaff, Prince Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus, Olga in Eugene Onegin, Nicklaus in Les contes d’Hoffman, Siebel in Faust, Tessa in The Gondoliers, and the rôle of Dinah in Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti. Kirsten Gunlogson made her début at Carnegie Hall as the alto soloist in Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de Confessore and Haydn’s Theresienmesse. As an oratorio soloist she has performed Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Mass in C and Missa Solemnis, Bach’s St John Passion and Christmas Oratorio, Messiah, Elijah, and Rachmaninov’s Vespers.

MENOTTI, G.C.: Amahl and the Night Visitors / My Christmas (Willis, Mabry)	8.669019
RAVEL, M: Enfant et les sortileges (L') [Opera] / Sheherazade (Boulianne, Nashville Symphony, Willis)	8.660215