Krisztina Szabó joined the Board of the Art Song Foundation of Canada in 2025.
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ungarian-Canadian, mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó is highly sought after in North America and Europe as an artist of supreme musicianship and stagecraft. She is known for her promotion and performance of contemporary Canadian works.
Krisztina regularly performs with the Canadian Opera Company, Vancouver Opera, Tapestry Opera, Early Music Vancouver, and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra..
Krisztina’s discography includes Dean Burry: The Highwayman (Centrediscs), Found Frozen: Songs of Jeffrey Ryan (Centrediscs), New Jewish Music, Vol. 3(Analekta), Ana Sokolovic – Sirens(Naxos), and Talisker Players Where Words and Music Meet (Centrediscs). In 2018, Krisztina made her Royal Opera début in George Benjamin’s new opera, Lessons in Love and Violence, the recording of which received a Grammy nomination for Best Opera Recording.
Digital projects include Canadian Opera Company’s Bluebeard’s Castle, Canadian Art Song Project’s Four Short Songs (2014), Tafelmusik’sThe Voice of Vivaldi, Festival of the Sound’s Arias and Antics, Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder (Vancouver Opera), An Italian Baroque Festive Celebration(Early Music Vancouver); performing in recital for the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts andBehind the Keysfor Vancouver Bach Choir, and Tapestry Opera’s S.O.S. Sketch Opera Singers.
Krisztina finished her postgraduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, England, after completing her undergraduate degree at the University of Western Ontario, studying with Darryl Edwards. She has been the recipient of the Emerging Artist grant from the Canada Council and has been honoured by her hometown of Mississauga, Ontario, with a star on the Music Walk of Fame in its inaugural year.
Krisztina Szabó is an Assistant Professor of Voice and Opera at the University of British Columbia School of Music.