Resident Artists
Chrystal E. Williams, mezzo-soprano
AVA second-year resident artist
Hometown: Portsmouth, Virginia
Education: M.M. in Opera Performance, Yale University School of Music, 2010; B.M. in Vocal Performance, Carnegie Mellon University, 2008.
Competitions: District Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Boston), 2012; Regional Winner, National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc., 2011; Second Place, Washington International Competition for Voice through the Friday Morning Music Club, 2010; Second Place, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (New England), 2009; First Place, VA/NC Chapter of the National Society of Arts - Letters Career Award in Voice Competition, 2008; Sylvie Derdeyne Award in Voice, 2007.
Roles at AVA: Cuniza, Oberto; Nicklausse and the Muse, Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Zerlina, Don Giovanni; Fortune Teller, Arabella; Mistress of the Novices, Suor Angelica; Mistress Stone, The Scarlet Letter.
Other Roles: Death, Le Rossignol, Cherubino, Le Nozze di Figaro, Anita, La Navarraise, Dritte Dame, Die Zauberflöte, Charlotte, Werther, all with Yale School of Music; Hansel, Hansel and Gretel, Aspen Music Festival; Secretary, The Consul, Lilianne La Fleur, Nine, Bradamante, Alcina, title role, La Cenerentola, all with Carnegie Mellon University.
Upcoming Roles: TBA, Young Artist Program, Glimmerglass Festival, Summer 2012.
