Kirsten Blaise received her Master’s Degree at the Indiana University School of Music. She currently lives in Germany. She is one of the most remarkable young singers, rapidly earning outstanding critical acclaim for her performances in concerts and recitals throughout the world, especially for her interpretations of the works of Bach, Handel, Mozart and of French Baroque repertoire. In 2005/2006 season, Ms Blaise included the music of Richard Wagner in her already vast repertoire, she sang the role of Woglinde in The Ring Cycle at the Théâtre du Châtelet conducted by Christoph Eschenbach and directed by Robert Wilson. Other appearances included her critically acclaimed performances in the title role of Handel’s Almira for the Karlsruhe Haendel Festspiele, Orazia in Cimarosa’s Gli Orazi e i Curiazi and as Gabriel and Eva in Haydn’s Schöpfung for the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, and Michael in Handel’s Saul for the Halle Haendel-Festspiel. Other débuts that season included Mozart’s Coronation Mass with the Edmonton Symphony under the direction of William Eddins, Bach’s Peasant Cantata and Monteverdi Vespers with the Bachakademie in Stuttgart under the direction of Helmuth Rilling. She received return invitations to appear in 2006/2007 season as a featured soloist in the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele in Mozart’s Mass in C minor and Exsultate Jubilate and with solo recital of Handel’s Nine German Arias, Handel’s Saul with the Bachakademie and Helmuth Rilling, Mozart’s Requiem with the Edmonton Symphony, and Handel’s La Resurrezione at the Karlsruhe Haendel Festspiele. The 2006/2007 season is the time of her débuts at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival with a new song cycle written by Michael Finnissy for Ms Blaise and the critically acclaimed concert pianist Nicolas Hodges, Dresdner Musikfestspiele with the Batzdorfer Hofkapelle, and of performances with the Chamber Orchestra of Geneva and pianist Andreas Staier. Blaise recorded in the (Harmonia Mundi), she has recorded two CDs of ariettes and lieder of Gluck and Couperin’s Leçons de Ténèbres with Le Parlement de Musique (Assai). She has also performed the role of the British Dancing Girl in the critically acclaimed film version of John Adams’ The Death of Klinghoffer recently released on Decca DVD.