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Kristel Vinter Knudsen

Primary Skill:

Soprano

Nationality:

Dane

Country:

Germany

Languages (fluent):

English, German, Russian, Danish

Opera

Woglinde
Götterdämmerung (Wagner)
Longborough Festival Opera
2023
Gutrune
Götterdämmerung (Wagner)
Longborough Festival Opera
2023
Donna Elvira
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Saffron Opera Group
2023
Contessa Almaviva
Le Nozze Di Figaro (Mozart)
David Seligman Opera School - RWCMD
2022
Ariadne
Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss, R)
Uncovered Opera Company
2022
Micaela
Carmen (Bizet)
Regents Opera
2022
Donna Anna
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Ensemble OrQuesta
2022
Mimi​
La Bohème (Puccini)
North Wales Opera Studio
2021
Elettra
Idomeneo (Mozart)
Teatro Grattacielo - Heraklion, Crete
2021
Miss Jessel
The Turn of the Screw (Britten)
David Seligman Opera School - RWCMD
2021
Donna Elvira
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
David Seligman Opera School - RWCMD
2021
Rosalinde
Die Fledermaus (Strauss, J)
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2020
Vitellia
La Clemenza di Tito (Mozart)
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2020
Leonora
Fidelio (Beethoven)
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2020
Agathe
Der Freischütz (Weber)
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2020
Donna Elvira
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2020
Pamina
Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2020
Ellen Orford
Peter Grimes (Britten)
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2020
Countess Almaviva
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
University of St Andrews Opera Society
2019
A Woman
Riders to the Sea (Vaughan Williams)
Byre Opera
2019
1st Soprano Soloist and Chorus
Riders to the Sea (Vaughan Williams)
Byre Opera
2019
Erste Dame
Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)
University of St Andrews Opera Society
2019
Marzelline
Fidelio (Beethoven)
University of St Andrews Opera Society
2019
Chorus
Venus and Adonis (Blow)
University of St Andrews Opera Society
2018
Fox
The Cunning Little Vixen (Janáček)
Byre Opera
2017
Second Woman
Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
University of St Andrews Opera Society
2017
Jay
The Cunning Little Vixen (Janáček)
Byre Opera
2017
Rooster/ Cock
The Cunning Little Vixen (Janáček)
Byre Opera
2017
Chorus
Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
University of St Andrews Opera Society
2016

Operetta/G&S

Rosalinde
Die Fledermaus (Strauss, J)
David Seligman Opera School - RWCMD
2022
Celia
Iolanthe (Sullivan)
University of St Andrews G&S Society
2019
Chorus
Iolanthe (Sullivan)
University of St Andrews G&S Society
2019

Early Music

1st Soprano Soloist
Miserere Mei, Deus (Allegri)
St Andrews Renaissance Singers
2017

Art Song

Soloist
Poemes pour Mi, Book 2 (Messiaen)
Oxenfoord International Summer School
2022
Soloist
Opus 21 (Rachmaninoff)
Younger Hall, St Andrews
2019
Soloist
Neun Deutsche Arien (Handel)
Younger Hall, St Andrews
2019
Soloist
Frauenliebe- und Leben (Schumann)
Younger Hall, St Andrews
2017

Chorus

Oratorio/Concerts

Soprano Soloist
Ein Deutsches Requiem (Brahms)
Woking Choral Society
2022
Soprano soloist
Messa di Requiem (Verdi)
Barts Academic Festival Choir
2022
1st Soprano Soloist
Stabat Mater (Pergolesi)
Touring
2020
1st Soprano Soloist
Magnificat (Bach)
Aalborg Cathedral Choir, Denmark
2019
1st Soprano Chorus
Magnificat (Bach)
Aalborg
2019
2nd Soprano Soloist
Dixit Dominus (Handel)
Anstruther Philharmonic Society
2018
2nd Soprano Soloist
Chang An'Men (World Premiere) (Uphadyaya)
Wiener Musikverein, Austria
2018
Soprano Chorus
Gloria (Vivaldi)
Aalborg Cathedral Choir, Denmark
2016
Soprano Chorus
Ein Deutsches Requiem (Brahms)
St Andrews Chorus
2016
Mezzo Soloist
The Creation (Haydn)
St Andrews Chorus
2015
Soprano Chorus
The Creation (Haydn)
St Andrews Chorus
2015
Soprano Chorus
Requiem (Mozart)
Aalborg Cathedral Choir, Denmark
2015

Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled

Photo credit: Byre Opera

Photo credit: Maria Goikhberg

Photo credit: Michael Mariager

Photo credit: St Andrews Voices Festival

Photo credit: University of Vienna Philharmonic Choir

Cedric Thorpe Davie Memorial Prize, University of St Andrews (2019)

Postgraduate Bursary, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (2019)

Heather C. Higgins Choral Scholarship, St Salvator's Chapel Choir, St Andrews (2018)

Choral Scholarship, St Andrews Renaissance Singers (2016)

Choral Scholarship, St Andrews Chorus (2015)

Competitions

Finalist, Let's Sing Europe (2022)

Finalist, Mastersingers Wagner Vocal Competition (2022)

"Mozart recital shows talent, maturity and enthusiasm: [...]Classics like Porgi Amor, Voi che Sapete and Dove Sono lose nothing in the English translation, and in these Kristel Knudsen and Charlotte Perkins deserve many plaudits." Countess Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro; Gary Fraser, The Courier & Advertiser (2019)

MA Advanced Opera Performance
David Seligman Opera School - RWCMD
2020–2022
MMus Music Performance (Voice)
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2019–2021
MA (Hons) German and Russian
University of St Andrews
2015–2019
Diploma: Church Musician (Voice)
Vestervig Kirkemusikskole [School of Church Music]
2014–2015

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