Kristin Schwecke
Adjunct faculty
Voice
- schweck@wfu.edu
- M309 Scales Fine Arts Center
Kristin Schwecke has been heralded by Opera Lively as “A name to keep in mind…Her voice filled the house and dominated the stage. Simply spectacular! What a promising dramatic soprano!”
On the operatic stage, Kristin’s highlights include La Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro with Hubbard Hall Opera Theater, First Lady in The Magic Flute with Piedmont Opera, Magda in La Rondine with the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute, Abigail in Robert Ward’s The Crucible with Piedmont Opera, and 2nd Sprite in Rusalka with North Carolina Opera, and as the title role in the World Premiere of Michael Ching’s opera Anna Hunter with The Savannah Voice Festival.
In concert, Kristin has sung Verdi’s Requiem with the University of North Carolina School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra and Mozart’s Requiem with the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra. Her other solo concert engagements include Rutter’s Requiem, Bruckner’s Te Deum, Debussy’s L’enfant prodigue, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Beethoven’s Mass in C, Dubois’ Seven Last Words and Handel’s Messiah. She has appeared with orchestras nationwide including Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra, Cobb Symphony Orchestra, and the University of Wisconsin Madison Symphony Orchestra.
She has received honors in the Heafner Williams Vocal Competition, the Fritz and Lavinia Jensen Foundation Competition, Charlotte Opera Guild Competition, Rosen-Schaffel Young Artist Competition, Schubert Club Bruce P. Carlson Scholarship Competition and internationally from the Czech and Slovak International Singing Competition. She was also the winner at the District level and received an Encouragement Award at Regional level in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
A native to Wisconsin, Kristin graduated from the University of Wisconsin Madison with a Masters degree in Voice. She also holds a Performing Artist Certificate from the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Ms. Schwecke is currently part of the music faculty at Salem College and Wake Forest University in North Carolina.
