About Alexandra
Praised by the Washington Post for her "sensitive and sparkling" performances, Greek-American mezzo-soprano Alexandra Christoforakis is equally at home in operatic, oratorio, and concert repertoire. Ms. Christoforakis enjoys bringing her celebrated performances to performance venues throughout the Washington, D.C. metro area.
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Engagements in the 2025/26 season include singing the role of Susanna Walcott in The Crucible with Washington National Opera. She will also return as a Chorister in their production of Aida and 70th Anniversary Gala. Ms. Christoforakis also makes her role debut with Washington Concert Opera singing the role of Une prêtresse in
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Engagements in the 2023/24 season include a return Washington National Opera in Romeo and Juliet and Turandot (Ancella/Fantasma) and a return to Washington Concert Opera in Ermione. Ms. Christoforakis also performed as a soloist with the Saint Lawrence Concert Series singing excerpts from Handel’s Messiah.
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Other operatic highlights include
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On the concert stage, Ms. Christoforakis has appeared The City Choir of Washington on multiple occasions, performing as a soloist in Mozart's Requiem, Bruckner's Mass in F Minor, Haydn's Missa in Tempore Belli, and Handel's Coronation Anthems and Dettingen Te Deum. She has also performed as a soloist with the Cathedral Choral Society in Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass and Mozart's Requiem. Ms. Christoforakis has also joined the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra as a soloist in Mozart's Requiem and the Shenandoah Conservatory Symphony Orchestra as a soloist in Mahler's Das Lied von Erde.
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Ms. Christoforakis is a former 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 a Master of Music from the University of Maryland (Maryland Opera Studio) and received a Bachelor of Music cum laude from New York University.