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Christina Wilcox
Mezzo-soprano
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May 2008. Please destroy all previous versions.)
Mezzosoprano Christina Wilcox, has earned a remarkable reputation for her "warm, noble and thrilling" voice. Equally at home in opera and on the concert stage, she is perhaps best known for her work with symphony orchestras.
Christina Wilcox has performed with many of the leading orchestras of the United States including The New York Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Houston Symphony and the Buffalo Philharmonic. She has appeared with the Florida Orchestra, Tulsa Philharmonic, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Kansas City Symphony, Wichita Symphony and the Los Angeles Mozart Orchestra and has sung under such esteemed conductors as Erich Leinsdorf, Zdenek Macal, Gerard Schwarz, Richard Bradshaw, JoAnn Falletta, David Lockington, Jahja Ling, Zuohuang Chen and Norman Scribner.
She has worked frequently with the conductor Maximiano Valdes, performing with him at Grant Park Concerts in Chicago, the Buffalo Philharmonic, Seattle Opera and the Orquesta del Principado de Asturias in Spain. She made her Buffalo Philharmonic debut under Mo. Valdes in the Verdi Requiem, and returned to sing Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with him as well as Handel's Messiah under JoAnn Falletta and the Verdi Requiem under David Lockington. . She sings regularly under Dennis Keene, performing under his baton at the Caramoor Festival, at the Keenefest and with the Voices of Ascension in New York City.
Miss Wilcox made her Seattle Symphony debut in 1995 in Handel's Messiah under Gerard Schwarz, her National Symphony Orchestra debut in 1997 in the Verdi Requiem at Wolf Trap and her Houston Symphony debut in 1999 in Handel's Messiah. Among her more recent performances, she made her debut with the Brooklyn Philharmonic under Robert Spano in a semi-staged production of Adams' The Death of Klinghoffer followed by her San Francisco Symphony debut in Bach's B Minor Mass and her Santa Rosa Symphony debut in Handel's Messiah. . In spring 2005, she sang the Verdi Requiem for debuts with the Jacksonville Symphony and the Duke Chapel Choir in Durham, North Carolina. Spring 2007 brought debuts with the Apollo Chorus of Chicago under Stephen Alltop singing the title role of Handel's Solomon and the New World Symphony in Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky under Boris Brott.
She has sung frequently at New York's Carnegie Hall as soloist for such groups as Musica Sacra and the Canterbury Choral Society. She made her Kennedy Center debut in 2000 singing Mahler's Symphony No. 8 with Norman Scribner and the Choral Arts Society of Washington. She has been a frequent performer with the Greenwich Choral Society and has sung with the Los Angeles Master Chorale and the Berkshire Choral Festival
Known for her work in opera, Ms. Wilcox made her professional opera debut with New York City Opera debut in 1990 as the Mother in Hansel and Gretel. She returned the following season for the premiere of Robert Dennis' East of the Sun, West of the Moon. She made her Dallas Opera debut in 1994 as Fortuna in L'Incoronazione di Poppea, conducted by Patrick Summers and directed by Bliss Hebert and her debut with Seattle Opera in 1998 as Siebel in Faust, under Mo. Valdes, directed by Bernard Uzan. She has sung Menotti's production of Amahl and the Night Visitors at Lincoln Center. She was selected for the London Opera Center, where she performed Cavali's La Calista, and Rosina in Barbieri di Siviglia, She has sung Dorabella in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte for the Liedrekranz Society of New York and Opera on the Sound on Long Island.
This spring will bring two more debut performances, singing the Verdi Requiem for both: with the Jacksonville Symphony and the Duke Chapel Choir in Durham, North Carolina.
Press Comments:
Alexander Nevsky with the New West
Symphony, Boris Brott, conductor:
"Adding the warm voice of Christina Wilcox, the orchestra focused
on Prokofiev's 'Alexander Nevsky'. A moment of poignant anguish, was
portrayed in 'The Field of the Dead' with limpid beauty by mezzo
Wilcox, brought a thoughtful repose."
Ventura County Star - May 22, 2007
Bach B Minor Mass with the Santa Barbara
Chamber Orchestra:
"Wilcox was especially moving in the 'Agnus Dei', a dose of
luscious solemnity just before the gracefully arching, culminating
catharsis of the finale brought the work to its uplifting end."
Santa Barbara Independent &endash; March 15, 2007
Verdi "Requiem" with the Duke Chapel
Choir (Durham, NC) and the Jacksonville Symphony:
"With so much going on, it's important to find four soloists who
can both hold their own on solo lines and work with the larger
ensemble. Major points to soprano Indra Thomas and mezzo-soprano
Christina Wilcox for accomplishing both tasks, notably in their
Recordare duet. Their pairing was one of the most sublime efforts of
the evening."
Florida Times-Union, April 23, 2005
"The four soloists in solo sections and
ensemble portions of the Requiem, provided thrilling moments
throughout the performance. One of the memorable highlights occurs
leading up to the mezzo-soprano - 'Judex ergo cum sedebit.' It is
only three or four measures, but it is like a bright beam of light
streaming straight out of heaven, and it hovers in my mind as a ray
of promise and hope. Then there was the tender and beautiful
'Recordare,' allowing Pearce and Wilcox to warm our hearts. The
soloists blended well in the ensemble passages, and each projected
with some of the finest diction I can recall."
Classical Voice of North Carolina, April 17, 2005
Bach B Minor Mass, San Francisco
Symphony:
"At the Agnus Dei, when Wilcox began to get her voice into it and
sing into the ends of the phrases, a good quality and sense of
conviction emerged."
SFCV.org - May 4, 2004
Barber's Doveer Beach with the
Colorado String Quartet"
"Opening the concert, Chcistina Wilcox joined the quartet for two
Mozart ariasa. She also complemented the lithe and melancholic
loveliness of Samuel Barber's setting of Matthew Arnold's poem 'Dover
Beach.' whose anti-war, pro-love message had a poignant
timeliness."
Los Angeles Times - May 6, 2003
Mendelssohn's Elijah, Caramoor
Festival:
"The soloists showed their strengths in their defining arias
&endash; Christina Wilcox in 'O rest in the Lord'."
Journal News &endash; August 6, 2002
Mahler Symphony No. 8, Choral Arts
Society, Washington, DC:
"The best contributions cam from mezzo-soprano Christina Wilcox,
who has a pleasingly serrated edge to her voice."
Washington Post &endash; November 7, 2000
Soloist, Pasadena Pops, Rachael Worby,
conductor:
"Christina Wilcox sang movingly."
Los Angeles Times &endash; August 28, 2000
Mahler's Symphony No. 2, Wichita
Symphony. Zuohuang Chen, conductor:
"Mezzo Christina Wilcox sang with a dark sound and pious weight
as the 'Urlicht' movement led into the stormy finale."
Wichita Eagle &endash; April 16, 2000
Verdi Requiem, Tulsa Philharmonic,
Kenneth Jean, conductor
Headline "Great Verdi Concert"
"Wilcox's performance of the aria-like 'Liber scriptus' was quite
excellent."
Tulsa World - March 29, 1999.
Siebel in Gounod's Faust, Seattle
Opera, Maximiano Valdes, conductor:
"Christina Wilcox's Siebel had more character than usual."
Opera News &endash; March 1999
"Christina Wilcox was an engaging Siebel,
both tender and earnest."
Seattle Post Intelligencer &endash; October 19, 1998
"Another vocal standout was Christina
Wilcox, whose sturdy, boyish Siebel made her a real asset."
Tacoma News Tribune &endash; October 24, 1998
Handel's Messiah, Buffalo
Philharmonic, JoAnn Faletta, conductor:
"The extremely expressive singing of Christina Wilcox makes
buying a ticket worthwhile all by itself. Wilcox creamy but well
focused mezzo was captivating in 'But Who May Abide,' while she
unleashed superb melismatic control in the 'Refiner's fire' episode
and soared impressively in hr upper register at the conclusion."
Buffalo News - December 21, 1997
Beethoven Missa Solemnis, Los
Angeles Master Chorale:
"Mezzo-soprano Christina Wilcox &endash; capable of beautiful
solo singing."
Los Angeles Times &endash; October 27, 1997
Verdi Requiem, National Symphony
Orchestra, Zdenek Macal, conductor
"Mezzo-soprano Christina Wilcox for here eloquent, caressing
warmth and beautiful legato, particularly in the deeply moving
'Lacrymosa dies illa'."
Washington Post &endash; August 4, 1997
Verdi Requiem, Wichita Symphony
Orchestra, Zouhuang Chen, conductor
"Wilcox made special artistry of her solo moments, with a voice
of such force, focus and care that I found myself wishing I could see
her in a staged Verdi opera."
Wichita Eagle &endash; April 14, 1996
soprano
Concert Repertoire
J.S. Bach
Cantatas
Christmas Oratorio
Magnificat
Mass in B Minor
St. John Passion
St. Matthew PassionBeethoven
Missa Solemnis
Symphony No. 9Berlioz
Damnation de Faust
L'Enfance du ChristBernstein
Symphony No. 1 "Jeremiah"
Brahms
Alto Rhapsodie
Copland
In the Beginning
Duruflé
agrequiem
Handel
Dixit Dominus
Esther
Messiah
Oratorios/Operas
SamdonHaydn
Harmoniemesse
Lord Nelson Mass
PaukenmesseHonegger
King David
Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 8Mendelssohn
Elijah
Mozart
Masses
RequiemPurcell
Jubilate Deo
Respighi
Laud to the Nativity
Rossini
Petite Messe Solennelle
Stabat MaterStravinsky
Les Noces
Szymanowski
Stabat Mater
Vaughan William
Magnificat
Verdi
Requiem
Vivaldi
Gloria
Christina
Wilcox
mezzo-soprano
Opera Repertoire
Adams
The Death of Klinghoffer Omar
Berlioz
La Damnation de Faust Maguertie
Cavalil
La Calisto Diana / Giove
Delibes
Lakme Maillika
Dennis
East of the Sun, West of the Moon Lucinda
Gounod
Faust Siebel
Humperdink
Hansel and Gretel Mother
Massenet
Werther Charlotte
Milhaud
Fiesta Mercedes
Monteverdi
L'Incoronazione di Poppea Ottavia / Fortuna
Mozart
La Clemenza di Tito Sesto
Cosi fan tutte Dorabella
Puccini
Madama Butterfly Suzuki
Il Tabarro Frugola
Verdi
Aida Amneris
Don Carlos Eboli
Rigoletto Maddalena
Wagner
Tristan und Islode Brangaene
Die Walkuere Fricke
Ward
The Crucible Tituba
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