Christina Rohm, soprano, is a passionate and compelling performer, with experience ranging from the operatic stage to the concert hall.  She has been hailed for her pure and gorgeous timbre and for possessing a poignant vulnerability in her stage presence. She was thrilled to perform the title role in the production of Robert Ward's Claudia Legare for the New York stage premiere at the Dicapo Opera Theater, overseen by the Pulitzer Prize- winning composer.  International journal Opera boasted that Ms. Rohm's "large-scale soprano (voice) showed promise" and the Ibsen News and Comment said that she "was in fine voice". For the 2008-2009 season she will make her debut with Empire Opera in the title role of Carlisle Floyd's Susannah and she will make her debut with the Treasure Coast Opera Society as Micaela in their 2009 production of Carmen. For the 2007-2008 season Ms. Rohm made her debut with Rockland Opera as Nedda in I Pagliacci, with the Little Opera Company of New Jersey as Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus, and with Regina Opera as Leonora in their production of Il Trovatore . Other highlights from Ms. Rohm’s opera credits include Mimi (La Bohème) with Cantiamo Opera and the New York Opera Singers Association; Countess (Le Nozze di Figaro) and Rosalinda (Die Fledermaus) with the New York Metro Vocal Arts Ensemble; Claudia (Claudia Legare), Soprano (Opera Senza Rancor), Pamina (The Magic Flute), Estrella (La Perichole), and the Mother (Passion) with Dicapo Opera Theater; Alice Ford (Falstaff), Cio Cio San (Madama Butterfly), and Marguerite (Faust) for Dicapo’s student matinees;  the Mother (Hansel and Gretel ) with the Liederkranz Foundation; and Leonora (Il Trovatore), Vitelia (Clemenza di Tito), and Marguerite (Faust) with One World Symphony. She has also appeared as Nedda (I Pagliacci) with Riverside Opera; Ilia (Idomeneo) Golden Door Productions; Pamina and the First Lady (The Magic Flute) for the Opera for the Young WI, IL, and MN tour; Fiordiligi (Cosi Fan Tutte) and Belinda (Dido & Aeneas) with Michigan Opera Works; Mrs.Gleaton (Susannah) and the Second Lady (The Magic Flute) with the University of Michigan Productions; and Phyllis (Iolanthe) with South Suburban Opera. Solo concert highlights include appearances with the National Lyric Opera in the preview of Floyd’s Susannah and in the Verismo Opera Scenes/Pagliacci tour, the world premiere of Stan Grill's chamber piece In Their Flight, Great Moments in Music in Weill Recital Hall with the Pacific Opera Company, the Hellenic Music Foundation Gala in Merkin Hall, and an opera scenes program for the National Opera Conference in Cincinnati. Oratorio credits include Faure's Requiem, Mendelssohn's Elijah, and Handel's Messiah, many of which were broadcast on WMBI 90.1 FM in Chicago. Ms. Rohm has toured extensively as a soloist with the Moody Chorale in England, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, Hong Kong, Korea, and Taiwan and is featured on several recordings including Handel's Messiah (Moody Productions), Light Everlasting (Moody Chorale), and Romantic Greek Nights (Hellenic Music Foundation). Ms. Rohm is the proud recipient of the 2005 Giardina Family Memorial Award for an Outstanding Young Artist.  She also won 2nd Place in the 2003 Dicapo Opera Vocal Competition, won 3rd place in the 2006 Anna Moffo Vocal Competition for Sopranos, was NATS winner in the Illinois district, and was a finalist in the 2006 and 2008 Liederkranz Competition, the 2005 Center for Contemporary Opera's International Opera Singers Competition, the 2005 Career Bridges Competition, and the 2004 New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera Competition. Ms. Rohm earned her Bachelors and Masters of Music in Vocal Performance and has studied voice with Valerie Gonzalez, Carol Vaness, Margaret Harshaw, Keith Brautigam, Dodi Protero and Martha Sheil. For information about her private voice studio, please click here. June 2008