Christine Lyons
SOPRANO
"Norma was Maria Callas' favorite showcase for her legendary voice. Renata Scotto once called the role of Norma 'the Everest of opera.' Well, Soprano Christine Lyons climbs that peak with banners flying. She's a true virtuosa, dazzling us with her mastery of all those Bel Canto coloratura fireworks- all the runs, trills and staccato arpeggios and cadenzas that decorate the long, free-ranging melody lines."
Broadway World
BIO
Christine Lyons is a critically acclaimed soprano who has been hailed a “true virtuosa” by Broadway World, exclaimed a “revelation” by Gay City News, and praised for her “potent soprano” by Opera Magazine. In the 2021-22 season, Lyons sings the title role in Handel's Agrippina with Florida Grand Opera, The Governess in Britten's The Turn of the Screw with IlluminArts Miami, and Nella in Gianni Schicci with OnSite Opera. In concert, she joins Lyric Fest for "My Letter to the World," a recital of Emily Dickinson art song.
Lyons most recently starred as the title role in Bellini’s Norma at Winter Opera St. Louis, the title role in Bellini’s La Straniera at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Amenaide in Rossini's Tancredi with Teatro Nuovo, Leonora in Verdi's Il Trovatore at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C., and the title role in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly with Baltimore Concert Opera.
Her debut as Norma garnered the Outstanding Achievement in Opera award nomination from the 2020 St. Louis Theater Circle, and her artistry has been celebrated in such publications as Opera News, The New York Times, Opera Magazine (London), Musical America Worldwide, Operawire, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and New York Classical Review.
