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"Vocally spectacular and visually enchanting" -Baltimore Sun

"Krista took us to heaven with her final notes." -Telepace Australia

Krista Adams Santilli
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Krista Adams Santilli

Hailed by the Baltimore Sun as "vocally spectacular", lyric soprano Krista Adams Santilli has performed principal roles in operas, musicals, oratorios and plays and has concertized throughout the United States and on four continents. A Classically trained soprano, Ms. Adams Santilli has been praised for her vast repertoire, which crosses a variety of musical genres, from gospel to opera, jazz to musical theatre.Career highlights from the theatrical stage include Rigoletto (Gilda) with Cheju-do Opera, South Korea; The Singer (Ada Giacchetti) with Diamante Films International, Italy; The Pirates of Penzance (Mabel) with The Young Victorian Theatre Company, Baltimore, MD; Le Nozze di Figaro (Barbarina, Susanna cover) with Opera Birmingham, AL; Sweeney Todd (Johanna) with The Annapolis Chorale, MD; Agrippina (Poppea) with The Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca, Italy; The Fantasticks! (Luisa) with Live Arts Maryland; and A Little Night Music (Anne Egerman) with Theatre Tuscaloosa, AL.Oratorio soloist appearances include: Bach's St. John Passion, Vivaldi's Gloria and Pergolesi's Stabat Mater with The Annapolis Chorale, MD (J. Ernest Green, conductor) and Mozart's Grand Mass in c-minor with The Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra (Shinik Hahm, conductor).A frequent recitalist and concertizer, noteworthy peformances include solo recitals at Carnegie Halls Weill Recital Hall; DAMS, Bologna, Italy and the Internationales Theater, Frankfurt, Germany; a concert tour in New South Wales, Australia, and a National Anthem performance at Giants Stadium. From 2009 to 2011 Krista toured around the country and abroad as the vocalist in more than 250 concerts with pianist and composer Eric Genuis, performing in a wide variety of venues, from concert halls to churches, schools to prisons, including the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Los Angeles, the Sears Center Arena in Chicago and the US Military Base at Fort Hood in Texas.A native of Birmingham, AL, Krista graduated with a BM in vocal performance and a minor in Italian from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, where she was awarded a full vocal scholarship. She spent the two years following graduation studying and performing in Italy and Germany. Krista has sung on master classes with Elly Ameling, Dalton Baldwin and Richard Woitach. She has been recognized in such competitions as the state-level Metropolitan Opera Competition; the Mobile Opera Competition; the Young Artists Competition of the Birmingham Music Club; the state and regional-levels of NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) Competition; the New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestras Young Artist Competition, NYC; and the the Connecticut Opera Theatre's Amici Vocal Competition, in which she was awarded both first prize and the Galli-Campi Award for the most promising coloratura. In 2008, Krista released her first solo album, Sacrae Notae, featuring some of Classical music's most beloved Sacred vocal works.Krista lives Connecticut with her husband and three children.
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Krista Adams Santilli

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Audio

Sacred

Opera

01 Ave Maria.mp3

Caro_Nome.mp3

Ave Maria, by Bach/Gounod

Caro Nome, from Verdi's Rigoletto

Les_Oiseaux.mp3

05 Laudate Dominum.mp3

The Doll Song, from Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann

Laudate Dominum, from Mozart's Solemn Vespers

Rosenkavalier.mp3

07 Rejoice.mp3

Presentation of the Rose, from Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier

Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion, from Handel's Messiah

Pamina.mp3

09 Pie Jesu.mp3

Ach, ich fühl's, from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte

Pie Jesu, from Fauré's Requiem

Art Song

Gretchen.mp3

Romance.mp3

Gretchen am Spinnrade, Schubert

Romance (silence ineffable), Debussy

Les_Filles.mp3

Les Fillex de Cadix, Delibes

Gallery

The Singer - Italy
Australia Tour
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The Singer - Italy
The Fantasticks - Maryland
Sears Center Arena - Chicago
Australia Tour
Arizona Tour
Rigoletto - South Korea
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The Fantasticks - Maryland
Rigoletto - South Korea
Giants Stadium
Texas Tour
New York Chamber Players
The Pirates of Penzance - MD
Garden State Opera Gala
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La Cambiale di Matrimonio
Photo Shoot
The Singer - Italy
Texas Tour
Andiamo al Cinema
Texas Tour
New York City Carolers
New York Chamber Players
Pacific Opera Concert
Internationales Theatre
Photo Shoot
4th of July Celebration
Pacific Opera Gala Concert
Queens College Recital
The Pirates of Penzance - MD
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The Singer - Italy
New York Chamber Players
Photo Shoot
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Rigoletto - South Korea
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Pacific Opera Concert
Le Nozze di Figaro - Alabama
The Singer - Italy
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Video

Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Here I Am (Genuis)
La vie en rose
Quando m'en vo (Puccini)
Laudate Dominum (Mozart)
Krista Adams Santilli - Con te partiro' (Time to Say Goodbye)
Et Incarnatus Est (Mozart)
Gorgeous (from The Apple Tree)

Discography

Sacrae Notae features some of Classical music's

most beloved Sacred vocal works.

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Krista Adams Santilli

Critical Acclaim

from Telepace Australia:"A breathtaking Ave Maria led by Krista [Adams Santilli] and taken up by the full choir and orchestra...Krista took us to heaven with her final notes."from The Baltimore Sun: "Soprano Krista Adams-Santilli was vocally spectacular and visually enchanting as Mabel..."from the Editor at Music.download.com:"Award-winning soprano Krista Adams Santilli has a voice possessing crystalline high notes, rich lyricism, and excellent coloratura facility."from the Centanni Radio Broadcasting Network's Due Artisti Show:"Absolutely beautiful interpretation by a fabulous singer."from the Article 19 Editorial, Begging for More:"[Krista Adams Santilli is one of] 250 reasons to give money to the arts."from The Capital-Gazette:"...the spirited Mabel, sung beautifully by lyric soprano Krista Adams Santilli. Together [with tenor John Artz] they are a delight."from The Tuscaloosa News:"The lovely Santilli, shone in her own solo aria (Laudamus Te)."from The Baltimore Sun:"Soprano Krista Adams-Santilli was moving in [Ich folge dir gleichfalls]."from The Connecticut Post:"...Krista Adams Santilli's stirring rendition of The Battle Hymn of the Republic..."
Floral

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Upcoming Engagements

Krista Adams Santilli in recitalat the Trumbull Public LibraryKrista will be giving a solo recital of operatic favorites at the Trumbull Public Library with special guest, Darwin Shen on violin. Accomanist, TBA.Trumbull Public Library33 Quality StreetTrumbull, CTSunday, February 26, 2012 at 2 pm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Frank Mastrone and Friends in Concert at Curtain Call TheatreKrista will be joining her friend, Broadway tenor Frank Mastrone on his fourth annual concert at Curtain Call Theatre in Stamford, CT. The concert will offer a little bit of everything: from Classic Musical Theatre to Rock-n-Roll with a lot in between. Rumor has it it's already sold out!!!Curtain Call Theatre1349 Newfield AvenueStamford CTSunday, March 11, 2012 at 7 pm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Krista Adams Santilli in concertat the Oronoque Country ClubKrista will be giving a private concert of favorites from the 40s, 50s and 60s for the Funseekers.Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 7 pm~~~~~~~~~~~Recent Engagements~~~~~~~~~~2011December 18- Messiah sing-along with soloists and orchestra, The Brick Church, Spring Valley, NYDecember 5- The Virginia Maitland Sachs Charity Concert featuring soprano Krista Adams Santilli and pianist Djordje Stevan Nesic to benefit Virginia's House of Hope, at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall, NYC November 19- "Thumbing through the Great American Songbook" - Recital for Long Hill United Methodist Church, Trumbull, CTNovember 10 - Concert to Salute the US Coast Guard - NY SectorOctober 23 and 30 - Concert with Frank Mastrone, Oronoque Country Club, Shelton, CTOctober 16 - Summer Fest (Rain Date), St. Ann Church, Bridgeport, CTOctober 9 - "Shades of Love" - Recital for the Richter Association for the Arts, Danbury, CTOctober 9 - Columbus Day Pre-Parade Show - Concert with Frank Mastrone, Bridgeport, CT
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To contact her directly, send an email to krista_adams-santilli.com

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