“She’s a strong actress and an even better singer.”
-The Washington Post
“…[She] brought easy authority to another aria from “Rigoletto,” Gilda’s lovestruck aria “Gualtier Malde…Caro nome,” with artful pacing, gleaming highs and a presence that made her competition-closing performance feel like a reward.
The judges selected “Piangerò la sorte mia” from Handel’s “Giulio Cesare,” a de capo aria that quickly pivots from forlorn grief to furious vengeance, each beautifully embodied by the soprano.”
-The Washington Post
photo by Soloman Howard
U P C O M I N G P E R F O R M A N C E S
The Metropolitan Opera
Laffont Competition Semifinal
Sunday, March 9, 2025
The Metropolitan Opera
Livestream Available
Kresley will compete as a National Semifinalist in the 2025 Laffont Competition at The Metropolitan Opera.
The National Semifinals are not open to the public, but more information about accessing the video livestream link will be available closer to the performance.
The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
Chrisann Brennan
May 2 - 10, 2025
Washington National Opera
The Kennedy Center
Kresley makes her role debut as Chrisann Brennan in the Grammy®–winning opera by Kennedy Center Composer-in-Residence emeritus Mason Bates.
The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs offers an operatic journey through the interior workings and spiritual journey of an innovator. Bates merges an electronic soundscape with Mark Campbell’s classical lyricism to immerse audiences in the world of Silicon Valley in the 1980s.
Lidiya Yankovskaya conducts with revival staging by Rebecca Herman.