Alexandra Christoforakis is a versatile young American mezzo-soprano who is equally at home in operatic, concert, and cabaret venues. The 2007-2008 season includes performing as a soloist in Bach’s St. John Passion with Shepherd University along with returning to Baltimore Opera’s ensemble in La Forza del Destino and Roméo et Juilette. Ms. Christoforakis will also be returning to the Summer Opera Theatre Opera's stage as Brigitta in Die Tote Stadt.

The 2006-2007 season included her debut with Bel Cantanti Opera as a soloist in Salut à la France, a French opera gala and Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro, Alma March in Little Women with The Summer Opera Theatre Company, a return to the Maryland Opera Studio to singing the roles Phoenice, Melisse, and Naiad in Gluck's Armide, and performing in the ensemble of The Bartered Bride with Baltimore Opera.

Ms. Christoforakis’ repertoire include the roles of Zweite Dame in Die Zauberflöte with the Pine Mountain Music Festival, Fidalma in Il Matrimonio Segreto and Sesto in Giulio Cesare with the Maryland Opera Studio, and Miss Todd in The Old Maid and the Thief with New York University. One of her most exciting roles so far has been debuting as Mrs. Malaprop in the World Premiere of Kirke Mechem's new opera, The Newport Rivals in 2005.

Ms. Christoforakis has been equally successful on the concert stage having sung the alto solos in Bach's Mass in b minor, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Schubert's Mass in A Flat, and Handel's Messiah. She is also sought after for her "stunningly effective" cabaret performances, most notably at the Pine Mountain Music Festival in 2005 and 2006.

Ms. Christoforakis has been a Young Artist with The Summer Opera Theatre Company, the Pine Mountain Music Festival, the Opera and Music Theatre Festival of Lucca, and the Bay View Music Festival. She holds her Master of Music from the University of Maryland (Maryland Opera Studio) and received her Bachelor of Music cum laude from New York University.

A native of Rochester, New York, Ms. Christoforakis is a member of the Department of Music faculty at Shepherd University as an Instructor of Voice.