Mezzo-soprano Kimberly Lauritsen, a Nebraska native, earned
her Masters of Music in Voice from the Cleveland Institute of Music.
She frequently appears with the Cleveland Orchestra, most recently as
soloist in The Lord of the Rings Symphony
at the Blossom Music Center under the direction of the composer Howard Shore,
and at Severence Hall in Debussy's
Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien under the baton of Matthias Pintscher.
Ms. Lauritsen has also appeared as a featured soloist with PAND, the
Nebraska Symphony Chamber Orchestra, Musica Antiqua, Dulces Voces, the
Omaha Chamber Singers, and the Cleveland International Art Song Festival.
She has performed lead roles with Opera per tutti, Lyric Opera Cleveland,
Opera Cleveland, CIM Opera Theater, the Janiec Opera Company, and UNL's
Opera Theater. A champion of new music, Ms. Lauritsen recently debuted roles
in Jim Harris and Mark Hayes new musical Civil War Voices, Monica Houghton's
opera The Big Bonanza, and Randall Eng's opera Florida. Some of
her favorite roles include Rosina in The Barber of Seville,
Marcelina in The Marriage of Figaro,
Mother Marie in Dialogues of the Carmelites,
Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi,
Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Miss Todd in
The Old Maid and the Thief, and Ma Moss in The Tender Land.
Ms. Lauritsen performs with the Opera Cleveland Chorus, is Music
Director of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, and teaches at the
Cleveland Music School Settlement. She is the recipient of the
Boris Goldovsky Prize in Opera, the Vassos Prize in Art Song, and
a Special Encouragement Award from the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
Ms. Lauritsen is a student of George Vassos.