Heidi Skok
opera singer
Heidi Skok is an American operatic soprano, mezzo-soprano and contralto who has had a career in concerts and in operas since the early 1990s. She has performed with many leading opera companies and orchestras in the United States and in other countries around the world.
Early life and education
Heidi Skok was born on June 19, 1968, in Richmond Heights in Ohio, US. Her father was a probate judge and her mother is a retired court reporter. At Riverside High School, Skok acted in musicals and won a Lake County Rotary award for best lead actress in a musical. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
Career
Skok's vocal career began professionally in 1990 with the Pittsburgh Opera under the management and guardianship of Tito Capobianco. She sang secondary soprano parts at the Metropolitan Opera from 1991 to 2003. Skok sang mostly under the baton of James Levine in German, Czech, English, and Russian operas.
She was a member of the Metropolitan Opera's Young Artist Development program from 1991 to 1994 and from 1998 to 2003, was on the MET's roster as a Soprano. Skok sang regionally as well, including major roles as Pamina, Donna Elvira, the Countess, Gretel, Fiordiligi, and Michaela with Pittsburgh Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and Wolf Trap opera and others.
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