American soprano Christina Pier has been hailed by Opera News for her “big, gleaming, soprano and impressive coloratura,” and has received great critical and audience acclaim for her work on opera and concert stages. Her 2025-26 season highlights include Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Reading Symphony, and Dvorak’s Mass in D minor with Charlottesville Symphony. In recent seasons, Pier appeared in Brahms’ Requiem with Eugene Symphony, Handel’s Messiah with Santa Rosa Symphony and Rochester Philharmonic, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Asheville Symphony. She has also performed Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Roberto Abbado, and recitals under the auspices of the George London Foundation. She appears as a soloist on a recording of Vaughan Williams’ Dona nobis pacem, with David Hill and the BBC Singers on the Naxos label.

American soprano Christina Pier has been hailed by Opera News for her “big, gleaming soprano and impressive coloratura” and has received great critical and audience acclaim for her work on opera and concert stages. In recent seasons, she was a soloist in Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem with the Eugene Symphony, Handel’s Messiah with the Santa Rosa Symphony and Rochester Philharmonic, Poulenc’s Gloria with Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, Beethoven’s 9th with the Asheville Symphony, and Vaughan Williams’ Dona nobis pacem with the Charlotte Symphony.

Other highlights include a soloist role in Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem with the Indianapolis Symphony, Handel’s Messiah with the Baltimore Symphony, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Tallahassee Symphony. She has also been engaged by the Virginia Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, Missoula Symphony Orchestra, Back Bay Chorale, Orquestra Sinfonica Nacional de Mexico, and the Winston-Salem Symphony.

A Grand Finals Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, opera highlights for Ms. Pier include the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos with Virginia Opera; Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Santa Fe Opera, Sarasota Opera, Nashville Opera, and Eugene Opera; Micaëla in Carmen and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with Florida Grand Opera; the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro with Minnesota Opera; Marguerite in Faust with Eugene Opera; and Micaëla in Carmen with the Princeton Festival.

On concert stages, her appearances include Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with the North Carolina Symphony and Rochester Symphony; Handel’s Messiah with the Indianapolis and Winston-Salem Symphonies; Verdi’s Requiem with the Charlottesville Symphony; Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Colorado Symphony; Mozart’s Requiem with the Charlotte Symphony and Eugene Symphony; Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang and selections from Beethoven’s Leonore with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor with the Alabama Symphony; and Ravel’s Shéhérazade with the Hartford Symphony. She has also performed Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Roberto Abbado, given recitals under the auspices of the George London Foundation, and concerts with the World Youth Orchestra in Italy and at the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York. She is a soloist on a recording of Vaughan Williams’ Dona nobis pacem with David Hill and the BBC Singers on the Naxos label.

Ms. Pier has received numerous prestigious awards, including the George London Foundation Award, Sullivan Musical Foundation Award, Charles A. Lynam Awards, and Palm Beach Opera Competition Awards. Originally from Flagstaff, AZ, Ms. Pier received a BM and MM in voice at Indiana University, where she studied with Virginia Zeani. Ms. Pier is currently on the Voice Faculty at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, and was an Artist in Residence at Catawba College.