Karina Kallas is an exceptionally versatile Los Angeles soprano. Her performances move regularly between the modern and early music worlds, as exemplified by appearances at Carnegie Hall, the Berkeley Early Music Festival, the Boston Early Music Festival, the Los Angeles Festival of Microtonal Music, RedCat Theater at Disney Hall (with Meredith Monk), and PBS Craft in America (with Alexander Noice). She has performed in numerous operas such as Giasone (Hypsipile), Dido and Aeneas (Belinda), La Traviata (Annina), and in the U.S. premiere of R. Murray Schafer's Loving in the leading role of Love.
As a recording artist, Karina Kallas first appeared on D'Ye Hear the News, a 2011 collaboration between Yale University Press and the USC Institute for Early Modern Studies, that served to document selections from the 1689 London Popery Music Collections. She has since been featured on a variety of recordings including Gurrisonic (Quindecim) by Mexican composer José Gurria-Cardenas, new compositions by Eric K.M. Clark, Alexander Noice, and was the solo voice for the Penguin Random House audio book Orphan’s Song by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Kate. Most recently, she appeared on the hybrid pop album NOICE (2019 Orenda) by Alexander Noice, contributing coloratura vocals and “performing with jaw-dropping skill and agility.” (PopMatters, Ingalls)