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 2026-27 season includes her Off-Broadway debut in I Became We with the Atlantic Theater Company, A Christmas Carol with Christine Baranski and Skylark Vocal Ensemble, and performances with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, American Classical Orchestra, Clarion Society, Musica Sacra, and Voices of Ascension.

The New York Times wrote of her performance in Georg Philip Telemann's rarely performed oratorio Der Tag des Gerichts, "Helen Karloski commanded attention as Reason." Ms. Karloski made her Lincoln Center debut in Mozart’s Solemn Vespers with the Mostly Mozart Festival under the baton of Iván Fischer and her Carnegie Hall debut performing Mozart’sMass in C Minorand Bruckner’sTe Deumunder the baton of Kent Tritle with the Oratorio Society of New York. Recent solo appearances include Verdi’s Requiem at Carnegie Hall with the Choral Society of Grace Church,Tavener’sLament of the Mother of Godwith Musica Sacra, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the American Classical Orchestra, Handel’sMessiahwith the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Pergolesi’sStabat Materwith Harry Bicket and the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Dvořák’s Stabat Mater with the Omaha Symphony, Copland’sIn the Beginningwith Sacred Music in a Sacred Space and the Alto soloist in Mendelssohn’sA Midsummer Night’s Dreamwith the New York City Ballet. Other solo engagements include Vivaldi’s Gloria with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnisand Mendelssohn’sElijahwith the Choral Society of Grace Church, Bach’s Magnificat with the Victoria Bach Festival, and Brahms’ Alto Rhapsody with St. Andrew’s Music Society. Favorite performances include The Cunning Little Vixen (Hen), Le Grande Macabre, and My Fair Lady with the New York Philharmonic, Les Huguenots and Oresteia at Bard SummerScape, and the New York City premier of Elliot Goldenthal’s Grendel, directed by Academy Award-nominated Julie Taymor.An accomplished ensemble singer, Ms. Karloski has appeared with Conspirare, where she was featured on the GRAMMY-winning recording The Sacred Spirit of Russia, Voices of Ascension, Musica Sacra, Skylark Vocal Ensemble, Artefact Ensemble, True Concord, Seraphic Fire, and the Santa Fe Desert Chorale.

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