Biography
Christa Pfeiffer
Soprano, Christa Pfeiffer, is active in opera and oratorio throughout the Bay Area having performed with Oakland Opera, Festival Opera, American Bach Soloists, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra and Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra. Operatic roles include Ilia (Idomeneo), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Musetta (La Bohème) and Gilda (Rigoletto) and on the concert stage she has been soloist in Fauré's Requiem, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater and Bach's Mass in B Minor and St. John Passion.
Recent performances include Beethoven's Mass in C with the Oakland Symphony Chorus, Mozart's Mass in C Minor with the Arizona Masterworks Chorale, and Haydn's St. Nicolai Mass at St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa. Equally at home in contemporary repertoire, Ms. Pfeiffer gave a live broadcast recital including Poulenc's Banalités on KPFA and performed Messiaen's Poèmes pour Mi at the Britten Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies in Aldeburgh, England. Ms Pfeiffer received a bachelor's degree in vocal performance from Eastman School of Music.
Christa Pfeiffer