Marguerite Krull is an American classical

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...

who has had an active international performance career since the 1990s. Due to her wide vocal range, she also sings several roles traditionally performed by

mezzo-soprano A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (; ; meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C ...

s. Born and raised in

Ann Arbor, Michigan Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan, Washtenaw County. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census recorded its population to be 123,851. It is the principal city of the Ann Arbor ...

, Krull attended the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University where she earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance. She went on to earn her master's degree in Vocal Performance from

Stony Brook University Stony Brook University (SBU), officially the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a public research university in Stony Brook, New York. Along with the University at Buffalo, it is one of the State University of New York system's ...

. Early on in her career she won several prestigious awards, including the

Marian Anderson Award The Marian Anderson Award was originally established in 1943 by African American singer Marian Anderson after she was awarded the $10,000 Bok Prize that year by the city of Philadelphia. Anderson used the award money to establish a singing competi ...

in 1997, a

Sullivan Foundation Award The Sullivan Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to finding, developing, and furthering the careers of promising opera singers within the United States. Founded through the bequest of a prominent lawyer, William Matheus Sullivan (188 ...

, and a Richard R. Gold Career Grant. Her recent performance credits include Donna Elvira in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's ''

Don Giovanni ''Don Giovanni'' (; K. 527; Vienna (1788) title: , literally ''The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni'') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanis ...

'' at the Teatro Colón in Bogota, Emilia in

George Frideric Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque music, Baroque composer well known for his opera#Baroque era, operas, oratorios, anthems, concerto grosso, concerti grossi, ...

’s '' Flavio'' at the New York City Opera, Cherubino in Mozart's ''

The Marriage of Figaro ''The Marriage of Figaro'' ( it, Le nozze di Figaro, links=no, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premie ...

'' at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, New Orleans Opera, and Opera Grand Rapids, and the title role of Gioachino Rossini's '' Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra'' at La Monnaie in Brussels and in Amsterdam. She also recently performed the title role in a semi-staged performances of

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In ...

's '' L'enfant et les sortilèges'' with the

National Symphony Orchestra The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) is an American symphony orchestra based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1930, its principal performing venue is the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It also performs for the annual National Mem ...

References

Biography on margueritekrull.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Krull, Marguerite American operatic sopranos Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Ann Arbor, Michigan 21st-century American women opera singers Singers from Michigan Classical musicians from Michigan 20th-century American women opera singers Peabody Institute alumni Stony Brook University alumni