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American spinto soprano Christina Lamberti has gained international attention with versatility of repertoire, gleaming tone, and soulful presence. She has not only garnered attention from portrayals at notable companies such as San Francisco Opera and Singapore Lyric Opera, but has also had a long standing relationship with the innovative Theatre Regensburg in Germany since 2006. For the 2008 Regensburg season, she sang numerous performances of the titles roles in Norma and in Manon Lescaut. In the 2006/07 season, she performed four major roles in repertory with astounding success and unprecedented ease. These operas and roles included Un Ballo in Maschera (Amelia), La Clemenza di Tito (Vitellia), Don Giovanni (Donna Elvira) and Otello (Desdemona). Before her Regensburg debut, she made her European debut as Vitellia in Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito at the Estonian National Opera in Tallinn, which was highly acclaimed by both the press and audiences alike. In September 2007, she opened the season at the Slovenian National theatre in Maribor premiering in La Callas (a tribute to Maria Callas).

Ms. Lamberti covered Lisa in Pique Dame at San Francisco Opera, where she had already covered Duchess of Parma in a new production of Busoni’s Doktor Faust. While in San Francisco, she caused a sensation standing in for Carol Vaness in Act III as Elettra in Idomeneo. After a concert of arias by Verdi, Puccini and Boito in the American press proclaimed her as a “discovery” and “the Verdi soprano of the future.”

Her roles range from Leonora in Il trovatore (Singapore Lyric Opera) to the title role in Iphigénie en Tauride (San Francisco Opera Center) During her three years as an Adler Fellow, Ms. Lamberti sang the roles of Clotilde in Norma, Fifth Maid in Elektra, and Fortuna in L’incoronazione di Poppea for the San Francisco Opera. For the San Francisco Opera Center, in addition to Iphigénie, she sang Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte. Christina made her Festival Opera debut as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni.

Ms. Lamberti, originally from Phillipsburg, New Jersey, began her studies at Westminster Choir College. She apprenticed at the Pittsburgh Opera Center under the direction of Tito Capobianco, singing Suzel in L’amico Fritz, and the title role in Giovanna d’Arco. At Philadelphia’s Academy of Vocal Arts, Ms. Lamberti portrayed Mimi in La Bohème, Tatyana in Eugene Onegin, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, and Alice Ford in Falstaff. After her Opera Company of Philadelphia debut as Sacerdotessa in Aida, she won an Adler Fellowship with the San Francisco Opera. Ms. Lamberti is a recent recipient of a grant from the prestigious Singers Development Foundation.