“Krista is one of those rare singers that is all heart and backed up by real-deal vocal technique.”

- Jack Livigni

Photos by Jessica Osber Photography

Ms. Hastings won first place runner-up in the Eastern National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Artist Awards competition, first in the Eastern Regional NATS, New York NATS, and New Jersey NATS competitions. She won the Encouragement Award at the Philadelphia Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition (formerly MET Council Auditions). Krista won the Nebraska District in the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition, and was a winner of the John Alexander National Vocal Competition. She also was the U.S. winner of the International Mozart Competition. She earned her Masters of Music in voice performance and pedagogy from Rider University (formerly Westminster Choir College).

Krista Hastings is a young full lyric operatic soprano. Krista possesses a uniquely rich and vibrant tone. This spring she was selected to as Opera America’s young artist for their Career Blueprints workshop. Last summer she was an emerging artist with the Janiec Opera Company at the Brevard Music Festival. There she covered Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata, and covered the soprano solo in Verdi’s Requiem, and performed the Stepmother in Sondheim’s Into the Woods. She performed the title role of Suor Angelica from Puccini’s Suor Angelica with Westminster Opera Theatre as a returning guest alumni. She has performed in Europe and the United States in La Traviata, Suor Angelica, Little Women, Die Zauberflöte, and Cendrillon. At Westminster Choir College she premiered the title role in Marie Begins by Ellen Fishman in its world premiere. She sang Fiordiligi in Westminster Opera Theatre’s production of Cosi fan tutte by Mozart.