CHRISTINE BRANDES (soprano), noted for her radiant, crystalline voice and superb musicianship, brings her committed artistry to repertoire ranging from the 17th century to newly composed works and enjoys an active career in North America and abroad, performing at many of the world's most distinguished festivals and concert series in programs spanning from recitals and chamber music to oratorio and opera.

Highlights of Christine Brandes' 2010-11 season calendar include Vivaldi's Gloria with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl conducted by Grant Gershon, Handel's L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato with the Orchestra of St. Luke's and Jane Glover at the Mostly Mozart Festival of Lincoln Center, and Messiah with Tafelmusik. Beyond the Baroque, Ms. Brandes' performances include Mahler's Symphony No. 4 with the Canton Symphony, Mendelssohn's Elijah with Michael Christie and the Phoenix Symphony, and a program of Mahler Symphony No. 4 and the Berg Lulu Suite with the Santa Rosa Symphony. On the opera stage, the artist returns to the Seattle Opera as Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte under the baton of Gary Thor Wedow. During recent seasons, Ms. Brandes made her Washington National Opera debut as Catherine in William Bolcom's A View from the Bridge and returned to the Central City Opera as Maria Corona in Gian Carlo Menotti's The Saint of Bleecker Street. She also bowed at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City as Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare and as The Governess in Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw.

Recent symphonic appearances also have included concerts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the batons of both Pierre Boulez and Esa-Pekka Salonen, performances of John Adams's El Niño with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, St. John Passion with Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, L'Enfant et les Sortilèges with Sir Simon Rattle and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Mozart's Requiem with the Cleveland Orchestra and John Nelson, Mahler's Symphony No. 2 with Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos and Beethoven's Egmont with Wolfgang Sawallisch and the Philadelphia Orchestra, Mozart opera arias and Strauss orchestral songs with the National Symphony Orchestra and Heinz Fricke, Bach Cantatas with the New World Symphony Orchestra, Handel's Messiah with the Toronto Symphony, the New York Philharmonic, and the Minnesota Orchestra, Carmina Burana with the Houston Symphony, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater with Neeme Järvi and the Detroit Symphony, and Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915, and Mahler's Symphony No. 4 with Andreas Delfs and the Milwaukee Symphony. She also has bowed at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival and at the Ravinia Festival with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra as well as with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and theFreiburger Barockorchester, among others.

Christine Brandes' operatic career has been highlighted by engagements at Houston Grand Opera in Ariodante with Christopher Hogwood and in Falstaff with Patrick Summers, at Seattle Opera in Giulio Cesare, and at the Los Angeles Opera in L'Incoronazione di Poppea with Harry Bicket and in Hänsel und Gretel with Alan Gilbert. Additional performances of the artist's distinguished career have brought her to San Diego Opera in Ariodante, Central City Opera in L'Incoronazione di Poppea, Lisbon's Gulbenkian Foundation in Così fan tutte, Opera Theatre of St. Louis in Cimarosa's The Secret Marriage, Glimmerglass Opera both in Handel's Orlando and Acis and Galatea, San Francisco Opera in Semele under the baton of Sir Charles Mackerras, the Opéra de Nancy in Alcina, New York City Opera in Acis and Galatea and Platée, and to the Opera Company of Philadelphia in Die Zauberflöte, L'Elisir d'amore, and Don Giovanni. Ms. Brandes has performed Le nozze di Figaro with New York City Opera, Seattle Opera, Opera Pacific, and with the opera companies of Minnesota, Montréal, Philadelphia, and Québec.

Christine Brandes has recorded for EMI, BMG/Conifer Classics, Dorian, Harmonia Mundi USA, Virgin Classics, Koch International, and American Bach Soloists labels.

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