2007 Summer Song Festival Biographies

Christina Baldwin

Christina Baldwin is a singer and actor employing integrated ways of storytelling through theater, opera, and concert performance. She is currently performing with Theatre de la Jeune Lune in Don Juan Giovanni and Figaro, shows that will be touring to the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, MA this fall.  Some of Christina’s collaborations with Jeune Lune include the Astor Piazzolla tango opera Maria de Buenos Aires, and playing the title role in their critically-acclaimed Carmen.  At the Guthrie Theater, she created the role of Myrtle Wilson in the world premier of The Great Gatsby. Christina’s Guthrie collaborations range from Edith in The Pirates of Penzance to playing the Courtesan in Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors. She recently performed with William Bolcom during Vocal Essence’s Illuminating Bolcom festival and has been a featured soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra, taking part in their world premiere of Steven Paulus' "To Be Certain of the Dawn." Also with the Minnesota Orchestra she played Hansel in their staging of Hansel and Gretel with The Heart of the Beast Puppet Theater. Last year, she sang the music of Robert Schumann during the Schubert Club’s 2006 Summer Song Festival. Christina has appeared as a guest on Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion," and has lent her voice to animated short films by the Dutch filmmaker Rosto A.D (Cannes Film Festival award-winner).  Other companies that Christina has collaborated with include: The Minnesota Opera; Skylark Opera; the Kansas City Repertory Theater; Ex-Machina; The History Theater; Nautilus Music-Theater; and New Breath Productions.  She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Lawrence University Conservatory of Music, and a Master of Music degree from the University of Minnesota.