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Biography

Kristen Adrianna Larsen is a young soprano and actor with a wide array of experience. In 2016, she received her Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performance from the University of Kansas while studying under Dr. Genaro Méndez. In the same year, she also received a Bachelor of Arts in Italian Language and Literature. In 2018, She received a Master's degree in Classical Voice from El Conservatori del Liceu in Barcelona, Spain. While at the University of Kansas, Kristen performed operatic, musical theater, and straight play roles. Some of her highlights included: Laetitia in The Old Maid and the Thief, Meg (Margaret) March in Little Women the musical, Paulette Depaul in Over Here!, No-No in Pooter McGraw is Not Dead Party, and the soprano soloist in Kurt Weill's Berlin to Broadway. Additionally, Kristen completed the Music Training Certificate course from El Conservatori del Liceu in 2021. In addition to performance experience, Kristen has worked with a variety of renowned coaches, teachers, directors, and conductors, such as Javier Camarena, Dolora Zajick, Mario Díaz, Lisette Oropesa, Josep Buforn, Rachel Willis Sørensen, Irina Meachem, Abdiel Vázquez, Stefano de Peppo, Isabel Leonard, Danielle Orlando, Ricardo Estrada, Katerina Tretyakova, and David Neely, among others. In 2017, she participated as a Young Artist with the SongFest Summer Institute. In 2021, she participated in Vincerò Academy's Don Giovanni program studying the role of Zerlina. In 2021, she performed the role of Mimì in Giacomo Puccini's in La Bohème, and in 2022 she debuted the role of Micaela in Georges Bizet's Carmen at the renowned Palau de la Música Catalana. Other engagements include performing at the Association of United Nations' 2022 presentation of the Peace Prize in Barcelona, Spain. In 2023, she debuted the role of Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte at the Palau de la Música Catalana. In 2024, Kristen will debut the title role of Georges Bizet's Carmen in Barcelona, Spain.

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