Christina Pier, soprano

Christina Pier’s career highlights include the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro with the Minnesota Opera, Micaëla in Carmen at the Princeton Festival, Firodiligi in Così fan tutte with the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with the Florida Grand Opera. In the non-opera sphere, Christina has performed Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Vaughan Williams’s Dona Nobis Pacem. She is a Grand Finals Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, as well as the recipient of numerous other awards and honors, including the Gilbert Artist Award from Florida Grand Opera, a George London Award, a Sullivan Award, and two Palm Beach Opera Competition Awards. In addition, she received the Anna Case Mackay Grant from the Santa Fe Opera and a Sosenko Trust Grant. Christina was a Young American Artist with the Florida Grand Opera in 2004. She was also a Young Artist with the Glimmerglass Opera in 2003 and an Apprentice Artist with the Santa Fe Opera in 2002. Originally from Flagstaff, AZ, Christina received training at Indiana University. This is Christina’s first appearance with VocalEssence.