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 "Also appearing with individual and collective brilliance in the Performance (as the Act II is called), were the three visually and vocally stunning sea-nymphs, Najade (soprano Deanna Breiwick), Dryade (mezzo-soprano Kristin Hoff), and Echo (soprano Emily Duncan-Brown)…" The Boston Musical Intelligencer – August 2010
"...sung with an appealing clarity and emotional heft..." New York Times (Tanglewood Contemporary Music Festival - 2008)
"...searing commitment and impressive vocal command..." The Republican
"Female principals were strong, particularly Kristin Hoff as Ottavia, Emperor Nero's estranged wife. Her vivid voice communicated both pathos and thirst for revenge." Montreal Gazette (l'Incoronazione di Poppea - 2007)
For someone in the early stages of her career Canadian Mezzo-Soprano Kristin Hoff is fast becoming a sought after performer of contemporary music. As part of the Tanglewood Music Center Contemporary Music Festival of 2008, which celebrated Elliot Carter's 100th birthday, Kristin sang Carter's Syringa under the baton of noted conductor, Stefan Asbury. In January Kristin performed Syringa a second time with James Levine conducting the Met Chamber Ensemble at Carnegie Hall. She performed the mezzo-soprano role in Claude Vivier's contemporary opera Kopernikus in Montreal in 2008. A dedicated performer of the art song, Kristin also while at Tanglewood performed Schubert's song, Erlkönig, and the Brahms Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes with the Mark Morris Dance Company. In 2008 she appeared
in the role of Mrs. Anderson in A Little Night Music with the Boston Pops; Keith Lockhart conducting.
Orchestral appearances include Mahler's 4th Symphony with conductor Jean-Franηois Rivest, Bach's Cantata 163 with composer/conductor John Harbison, Jean Lesage's Souvenirs posthumes with conductor Lorraine Vaillancourt. Her opera roles include Ottavia in l'Incoronazione di Poppea, Anna Maurrant in Street Scene, Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro, Elvira in Don Giovanni, and Dryade in Ariadne auf Naxos.
This season Kristin will appear with the Niagara Symphony and Chorus as the alto soloist in Handel's Messiah, with l’Orchestre Symphonique des Jeunes de Montréal singing opera excerpts of Mozart and Dvorak, and with the Montreal Contemporary Opera Company Chants Libres. Recently married, Kristin and her husband will reside in New York City in 2011.
ROLES PERFORMED
Dryade, Ariadne auf Naxos (Christoph von Dohnanyì Conducting), Tanglewood, August 2010
DONNA ELVIRA, Don Giovanni, University of Montréal, 2009
"MEZZO SOPRANO", Kopernikus, University of Montréal, 2008
ORLOFSKY, Die Fledermaus, University of Montréal, 2008
ANNA MAURRANT, Street Scene, Opera Nuova, 2007
OTTAVIA, Coronation of Poppea, University of Montréal, 2007
MARCELLINA, Le Nozze di Figaro, Laval Symphony, 2006
ORATORIO AND CONCERT APPEARANCES AS A SOLOIST
Syringa, Carter, Carnegie Hall, James Levine Conducting the MET Orchestra, January 2010
Recital, Strauss, Wagner, etc., Montréal, Canada 2009
Vespers, Mozart, Choeur Classique de Vaudreuil; 2009
Wesendonck, Wagner, University of Montréal, March 2009
Cantata 163, J. S. Bach, Tanglewood John Harbison, 2008
Syringa, Elliot Carter, Tanglewood Stefan Asbury, 2008
A Little Night Music, Stephen Sondheim, Boston Pops Keith Lockhart, 2008
Symphony 4, Mahler, Orchestre de l'Université Montréal, 2007
MUSICAL TRAINING
Voice Teachers: Catherine Sévigney*, Keith Brautigam, Mark Pedrotti, and Linda Trotter.
Voice Coaches: Francis Perron* and Robin Wheeler*.
Conductors: James Levine, James Conlon, Keith Lockhart, Stefan Asbury, Peter Dala, Jean-Francois Rivest,
Alain Trudel, and Alex Weimann, Lorraine Villancourt.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Vocal Performance Calvin College, 2005; Bachelor of Arts Piano Performance Calvin College, 2005; Master of Music Degree in Vocal Performance University of Montréal, 2008; Artist Diploma in Vocal Performance University of Montréal, 2009.
RESIDENT & STUDIO PROGRAMS
Canadian Vocal Arts Institute, 2009**; Tanglewood Music Center, 2008; Ravina Steans Institute, 2007; Opera Nuova, 2007; Halifax Summer Opera Workshop, 2006; Florence Voice Seminar, 2005.
AWARDS
Canadian Arts Council Travel Grant, 2009; Fond des Amis d'art, 2009; Cedric Ferguson Opera Scholarship - University of Montreal, 2006-09; 3rd Prize - Jeunesses Musicales du Canada Competition - UOM, 2007; Mélodie Prize Lotte Lehman Cybersing Competition, 2006; Honorable Mention - Grand Rapids Collegiate Vocal Competition, 2004; Winner - Calvin College Concerto Competition, 2002.
* Current
** Up-coming
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