Kristin Hoff
General Director - Founder - Mezzo-Soprano (She/Her)
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Fun Facts:
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Besides being a busy freelancer, Kristin is mom to her little francophones Lucie and Claire - 3 and 5 years old.
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Before shifting focus to singing, Kristin earned a bachelor’s degree in piano performance.
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She’s a baking queen and has been known to show up to rehearsal with fresh homemade cookies…
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Bio
Noted for her “appealing clarity and emotional heft” (New York Times), mezzo-soprano Kristin Hoff is a graduate of Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M. Faris Program, where her debut as Tebaldo in Don Carlo was praised as “absolutely charming in voice and person”. Credits include Dryade in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Tanglewood Music Festival and the title role in Carmen for Jeunesses Musicales du Canada. Kristin made her Carnegie Hall debut with the MET Chamber Ensemble in Elliot Carter’s Syringa. Her critically-acclaimed interpretation of Ana Sokolovic’s Love Songs has been seen across Canada,, including at Lanaudiere Festival, Montreal’s Salle Bourgie, Kingston’s Watershed Festival, and most recently in Vancouver, presented as part of Re:Naissance’s IndieFest. Kristin is co-founding member of Musique 3 Femmes and performed the principal roles Plaything by Anna Pidgorna & Maria Reva and L’hiver attend beaucoup de moi by Laurence Jobidon & Pascale St-Onge at Berlin’s ufaFabrik.