Christine Lyons is an acclaimed soprano and 2025 Princess Grace Award recipient, recognized as an artist shaping emotionally charged work that bridges classical vocal lineage with contemporary expression. Her performances have spanned leading cultural stages including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, and The Shed, with gala appearances for President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden, as well as the United Nations. Recognized for her “power and poise” (Classical Voice America), she is hailed as “a true virtuosa” (Broadway World) and praised for her “solid coloratura and legato” (Opera News).

This season, Lyons appears as Puccini’s Mimì opposite Andrea Bocelli in a New York gala performance, with upcoming engagements including Lucrezia Borgia, Lucia di Lammermoor, and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.

In the 2024–25 season, Lyons appeared at Carnegie Hall as soprano soloist in Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem, with Knoxville Opera as Musetta in La Bohème, and with Lyric Fest as a featured soloist in Nevertheless, She Sang. She performed at high-profile galas for President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden alongside Billy Porter and Alan Cumming; for the United Nations honoring Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and chef José Andrés; for the Ball for the Mall celebrating Dave Grohl, the Mellon Foundation, and director George C. Wolfe; and for the Denyce Graves Foundation. She also sung for an audience of 25,000 at Red Bull Arena for Gotham FC.

A specialist in bel canto repertoire, Lyons has starred in the title roles of La Straniera at Lincoln Center, Lucia di Lammermoor, Norma, Amenaide in Tancredi, Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Norina in Don Pasquale, and Adina in L’elisir d’amore, and in concert at El Museo del Barrio, excerpts in the title role of Lucrezia Borgia. She has delivered standout performances as Agrippina at Florida Grand Opera, and The Governess in The Turn of the Screw, and has worked with San Francisco Opera across multiple seasons. Her concert appearances include solo performances at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, with repertoire spanning Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate, Rossini’s Stabat Mater, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. As a recitalist, she has appeared with Lyric Fest at the Academy of Vocal Arts, the Ravinia Steans Institute, and the Tucson Desert Song Festival.

Lyons began her career as an actor and dancer in theater, developing early fluency in character, language, and live storytelling. Her stage credits include The Sound of Music at Joe’s Pub, and performances at People’s Light Theater, Goodspeed Opera House, and Portland Center Stage. She toured nationally in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and appeared in A Little Night Music, All Shook Up, and other large-scale productions, including several actor-musician stagings where performers played instruments live on stage.

This theatrical foundation continues to shape her performance work, informing her sense of timing, embodiment, and interpretive storytelling.

Her recent work expands into immersive and interdisciplinary performance, including This Is a Test at The Shed and The Me I Want to Sing at the Kennedy Center. She curated and premiered The Art of Perseverance in Richmond, a vocal recital created in collaboration with pianist Jonathan Heaney, integrating classical song, spoken poetry, and original movement. She selected the vocal repertoire and poetry, spanning French, Italian, German, and English, commissioned choreography, and shaped the overall structure of the piece, blending disciplines to explore a deeply personal question of the moment. Lyons also created Operascopic, a live dialogue series centering artistic reflection through the lens of opera and theater.

With training from Carnegie Mellon University and further study in Milan and Salzburg, Lyons brings technical command and interpretive insight to her performances. Her work has been recognized for its vocal integrity, emotional clarity, and conceptual strength across national platforms, including The New York Times, Opera News, Musical America, and Opera Magazine (London).