Alexandra Christoforakis is excited to be making her debut with the Shenandoah Conservatory Symphony Orchestra as a soloist in Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde.

Ms. Christoforakis is a versatile young American mezzo-soprano who is equally at home in operatic, concert, and cabaret venues. Praised for her “sensitive and sparkling” (The Washington Post) and “stunningly effective” performances, Ms. Christoforakis is regarded as an up-and-coming performer in the classical music world.

Ms. Christoforakis’ recent operatic engagements include Fidalma – her most notable role to date - in Il Matrimonio Segreto with Aurora Opera Theatre, creating the role of Malacorpa in a workshop reading of John Musto’s new opera, An Inspector from Rome with the Wolf Trap Opera Company, the role of Filippyevna in Eugene Onegin with the Maryland Opera Studio. In the summer of 2009, she returned to the Pine Mountain Music Festival as Fidalma in Il Matrimonio Segreto. Recent concert engagements include being the alto soloist with The City Choir of Washington (Haydn's Mass in Time of War).

Other notable performances include Brigitta in Die Tote Stadt and Alma March in Little Women (Summer Opera Theatre Company), Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro (Bel Cantanti), Fidalma in Il Matrimonio Segreto, and creating the role of Mrs. Malaprop in Kirke Mechem’s opera, The Newport Rivals (Maryland Opera Studio.) On the concert stage, Ms. Christoforakis has performed notable masses and oratorios, such as Bach’s Mass in b minor and St. John Passion, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and Handel’s Messiah.

Ms. Christoforakis has been a Young Artist with The City Choir of Washington, 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.

Future engagements include performing the role of Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro with Baltimore Concert Opera.