Lori Hultgren
Assistant Teaching Professor
Biography
American Soprano Lori Hultgren is an alumnus of Indiana University where she earned her Bachelor, Master, and post graduate work in voice. Ms. Hultgren began her professional career as a mezzo soprano singing such roles as: Dorabella in Mozart鈥檚 Cosi fan Tutte, Octavian in Strauss鈥� Der Rosenkavalier, the title role in Bizet鈥檚 Carmen, Maddalena in Verdi鈥檚 Rigoletto, and Giulietta in Offenbach鈥檚 Les Contes d鈥橦offmann. She made her soprano debut in 2001 singing the title role in Richard Strauss鈥� opera Ariadne auf Naxos with the Peabody Conservatory and reprised the role with the Britten-Pears program in Aldeburgh England. Ms. Hultgren鈥檚 recent concert appearances have included Beethoven鈥檚 9th Symphony, Mahler鈥檚 Das Lied von der Erde and Kindertotenlieder, Ravel鈥檚 Sheherazade, Britten鈥檚 War Requiem, and Strauss鈥� Vier Letzte Lieder. In 2018, Ms. Hultgren will be the Soprano soloist in the Mozart Requiem with Hopkins Symphony Orchestra.
In concert and on stage, Ms. Hultgren has been praised by the Baltimore Sun as a young dramatic soprano whose 鈥渋nterpretive ardor is contagious.鈥� She has performed roles with St. Louis Opera, Nashville Opera, Chattanooga Opera, Annapolis Opera, Opera Vivente, Baltimore Opera, Britten-Pears, Peabody Conservatory, and Indiana University. Ms. Hultgren has also been a featured soloist and recitalist with the Indianapolis Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Peabody Symphony, Pueblo Symphony, Richmond Philharmonic Orchestra, Marquette Symphony, Hopkins Symphony Orchestra, Columbia Symphony, Britten-Pears Orchestra, Wigmore Hall, Music in the Great Hall, and the Greenwich Music Festival. Career highlights have included a debut recital with pianist Graham Johnson at the prestigious Wigmore Hall in London, singing the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos under the direction of Maestro Oliver von Dohnani and Colin Grahm with the Britten-Pears program, and singing the premiere of Benjamin Britten鈥檚 War Requiem conducted by Simone Young in Aldeburgh, England. Ms. Hultgren鈥檚 awards include semi-finalist in the New England Regional Metropolitan Opera National Council Competition, second place winner of the Annapolis Opera Competition, and the first place winner of the Sylvia Green Competition.
Ms. Hultgren joined the voice faculty at Towson University in 2009.