Mezzo-soprano Helen Karloski has been praised for her “genuine mezzo timbre” (Opera News) and a voice “beautifully suited for oratorio” (Santa Fe New Mexican). Ms. Karloski’s 2022-23 season includes performances with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Skylark Vocal Ensemble, National Concerts, the Choral Society of Grace Church, and Musica Sacra. Ms. Karloski made her Lincoln Center debut in Mozart’s Solemn Vespers with the Mostly Mozart Festival and her Carnegie Hall debut performing Mozart’s Mass in C Minor with the Oratorio Society of New York. Recent solo appearances include Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, (Harry Bicket), Dvořák’s Stabat Mater (Omaha Symphony), Der Tag des Gerichts and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (American Classical Orchestra), Handel’s Messiah (Tucson Symphony Orchestra), Bach’s St. Matthew Passion (St. Andrew Music Society), Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis (Choral Society of Grace Church), and Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (New York City Ballet). Ms. Karloski was featured on the 2014 GRAMMY-winning recording The Sacred Spirit of Russia. In 2015, she was the First-Place recipient in the Lyndon Woodside Oratorio Solo Competition.
“A stronger impression was made by Karloski, whose rendering of the mezzo-soprano part was spot-on for the assignment. Her voice is beautifully suited for oratorio, and the sincerity of her delivery, along with her poised bearing and physical presentation, forged an almost palpable connection with the audience."”
James M. Keller, Santa Fe Newmexican
Upcoming Performances
March 8, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Great music in a great space
St. John the divine, NYC
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World premier of David Briggs’s Stabat Mater, George Walker’s Lyrics for Strings, and Morton Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna
march 9, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Voices of Ascension
Church of the Ascension, NYC
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Bach: St. John Passion
march 19, 2023 at 4 pM
Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola
St. Ignatius Loyola, NYC
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Martin: Mass for Double Choir Rheinberger: Mass for Double Choir
