SEASON 2025 / 2025

See Schedule for more information!

VERISMO OPERA, SF BAY AREA

DOUBLE BILL:
Belinda - Dido & Aeneas - PURCELL
Directorial Debut - I Pagliacci - LEONCAVALLO

Performances: Saturday, February 21 and Sunday, March 1

CALIFORNIA LYRIC ARTISTS ASSOCIATION, SF BAY AREA

Zerlina - Don Giovanni - MOZART

Performances: April, 2026, TBA

Hello 2026!!

Happy New Year, Opera Lovers!

After the success of Bellini with Verismo Opera, I'm excited to share that in addition to singing the role of Belinda in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, I'll be directing Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci! So grateful to work with the company again in this exciting double bill. Both productions are with orchestra under the direction of Jonathan Khuner and Paul Schrage.

Performance Dates & Locations:
3 Weekends - February 21 through March 8th at the Mira Theater in Vallejo

Performances are free and more information can be found on their website. You can also find info and ticket information on my schedule page.

Additionally, I’m excited to revisit one of my favorite Mozart roles, Zerlina in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with California Lyric Artists Association. I’ll be singing with a fabulous cast and orchestra under the baton of Michael Shahani in April, 2026 at the Jackson Theatre, Gary Soren Smith Center at Ohlone College in Fremont. More details to come!

I'm also sharing donation links to crowdsource support for Verismo Opera and CLAA. PLEASE consider **donating and sharing this email with others who value the arts. Your support helps ensure that opera continues to thrive—not just in grand opera houses, but in the heart of our own neighborhoods.

I hope to see you at one of my performances! Kristin

About Kristin

Kristin Genis-Lund, lyric coloratura soprano, has performed extensively throughout Northern California in musical theatre, oratorio, opera and recitals.

Ms. Genis-Lund has been active in mainstage productions of West Bay Opera, Opera San Jose, Bay Shore Lyric Opera and Opera Cultura, to name a few.  Roles include Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto, Sophie in Massenet’s Werther, Susanna in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, Oscar in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera, Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni, Manon in the title role of Massenet's opera, Norina in Donizetti's Don Pasquale and Frasquita in Bizet's Carmen.  More recently, she made her debut in Opera Cultura’s production of Rodriguez’s Frida singing the role of Cristina Kahlo/Mrs. Ford.  In April, she will sing Sister Genovieffa in Puccini's Suor Angelica with Verismo Opera. 

Musical theatre roles include Laurey in Peninsula Musical Theater’s Oklahoma! and Maria in Peninsula Center Stage’s West Side Story. In 2015, Ms. Genis-Lund sang as soprano soloist with the orchestral ensemble Rosin Coven for the world premiere of The Stupid Joke, an original staged mini-opera based on one of Edward Gorey's illustrated stories for the 16th Annual Edwardian Ball in San Francisco & Los Angeles.

Concert appearances include Brahm’s German Requiem, Mozart’s Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass in D, Beethoven's Mass in C, Dvorak's Te Deum, Handel's Messiah, Mozart's Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, Coronation Mass and the Exultate Jubilate and Bruckner's Te Deum, in addition to Dr. Ron Kean's The American Hymn Mass with The Choral Project.  Ms. Genis-Lund recently made her Bing Concert Hall debut at Stanford singing the soprano solo in the World Premiere of Giancarlo Aquilanti’s Te Deum.  

Ms. Genis-Lund was the first place winner in 3 consecutive NATS Competitions for Art Song and Opera and a finalist in the San Francisco Concerto Orchestra Vocalist Competition. She presently studies with Pamela Fry in Palo Alto