Hungarian-Canadian mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó has quickly become one of the world's most sought-after artists. The Chicago Tribune  exclaimed, "Krisztina Szabó stole her every scene with her powerful, mahogany voice and deeply poignant immersion in the empress' plight" after her performance of Ottavia in L'incoronazione di Poppea.  She made her Lincoln Center début as Dorabella in Così fan tutte at the Mostly Mozart Festival where she was praised in the New York Times for being "clear, strong, stately and an endearingly vulnerable Dorabella." 

Szabó's 2007-8 season begins with her exciting Austrian début as Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt under the direction of new Intendant Joseph Ernst Köpplinger.  She then returns to Toronto to perform in recital with Canadian Soprano Shannon Mercer at the Canadian Opera Company and then in concert with Talisker Players. Other highlights from this season include Messiah with the San Antonio Symphony, Mozart C Minor Mass with the Scottish National Orchestra with Bernard Labadie conducting and her return to Chicago Opera Theater to sing Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with Jane Glover conducting.

Ms. Szabó has become known not only for her versatility as a singer, but also for her stage prowess and vivid portrayal of characters in opera and on the concert stage.  She has sung frequently with the Canadian Opera Company, in 2006 opening Toronto's new Opera House in the critically acclaimed Wagner Ring Cycle as Wellgunde in Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung, and Siegrune in Die Walküre, and then opening the season in the role of Dorabella in Così fan tutte.  In 2005 she sang Musetta in La bohème, The Double (Offred in the Time Before) in  The Handmaid's Tale and Nancy in Albert Herring.  She has also appeared with Opera Atelier, most recently performing the title role in Iphigénie en Tauride.  Other significant roles include Nerone in Agrippina with L'Opéra de Montréal, Countess in Le nozze di Figaro with Chicago Opera Theater, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Edmonton Opera and L'Opéra de Québec,  Magnolia in Showboat with L'Opéra National du Rhin, the title role in Charpentier's Médée with Le Concert Spirituel in Paris, and as The Queen of the Fairies in Ana Sokolovic's hilarious new opera, The Midnight Court, with Queen of Puddings Music Theatre's tour to London, England.

Her varied concert engagements include touring with Les Violons du Roy, Jonathon Miller's moving staged production of Bach's St. Matthew Passion with the Brooklyn Academy of Music, concerts of Händel and Mozart with the Oregon Symphony, singing Judith in Bluebeard's Castle in concert with the Roundtop Music Festiva, as well as earlier performances with Symphony Nova Scotia, Lanaudière Festival, Calgary Philharmonic, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Orchestra London, Toronto Operetta Theatre and Elora Festival.

In recital, Ms. Szabó has appeared with Music Toronto, Aldeburgh Connection, Ravinia Festival, and Off-Centre Music Salon. 

Szabó  has appeared on television featured in CBC's "Opening Night" in concert with the Canadian Opera Company.  On film, she can be seen as Zerlina with Dmitri Hvorostovsky in  Don Giovanni Revealed: Leporello's Revenge, and she can be heard as the voice of Leanne in the new opera movie Burnt Toast. 

Ms. Szabó finished her postgraduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, England, after completing her undergraduate degree at the University of Western Ontario. She has been the recipient of the Emerging Artist grant from Canada Council.

For more information please contact Herbert Barrett Management, New York
Tel: (212) 245-3530; Fax: (212) 397-5860 ; Website: www.herbertbarrett.com