Celine Mogielnicki

Soprano 
Celine Mogielnicki is garnering recognition for her “stunningly powerful, rich sound”,“delicious” (Opera Today) and “finely balanced" (NY Times) singing, “perfect in diction and phrasing with powerful gradations of emotions” (Millbrook Independent). She is dedicated to versatility and sensitivity in her work, spanning from Mozart’s leading ladies to world premiere collaborations in opera, concert, and recital. A prize-winning graduate of the Juilliard School and Dawn Upshaw’s graduate vocal arts program at Bard College, Ms. Mogielnicki has sung with LA Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Bard Summerscape, Caramoor, Opera Baltimore, Charlottesville Opera (formerly Ash Lawn Opera) and DC Public Opera in both standard and contemporary works. Recent leading roles include Fiordiligi, Countess, Rosalinde, Mimì, Governess, Micaela, Pamina, Marzelline and Musetta. Particularly devoted to 20th/21st century works, she has given world premieres by David T. Little (Sir Elton John’s Trainer in Vinkensport), Missy Mazzoli (Song from the Uproar), Noa Ain (Song of the Turtledove), Brian Hulse (Questa rosa novella) and Stephen Gorbos (Whitman Fragments). Oratorio and concert credits include Mozart’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Mass in C Major, Handel’s Messiah and the world premiere of Judd Greenstein’s Vayomer Schlomo in Zankel Hall. She made her Carnegie Hall Debut in Vaughn William’s Serenade to Music under conductor Benjamin Zander and has appeared in concert with the National Symphony Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra, National Music Festival, Southwest Florida Symphony, Friends of Mozart Society, Bel Canto at Caramoor, and the Transfiguration Choirs of New York City, Washington National Cathedral, Hudson Valley Chamber Music, the Rhinebeck Chamber Music Society, 23Arts Initiative, Z1 Konzerte Berlin, Orania Berlin concert series, Winter Harbor Music Festival and Schoodic Arts in Downeast Maine. Recordings include Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots (Leonard/Premiere Bohemienne) with the American Symphony Orchestra under Leon Botstein and Missy Mazzoli’s Song from the Uproar with NOW ensemble under New Amsterdam label. In the 2024/2025 season, Ms. Mogielnicki makes her role debut as Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with Winter Harbor Music Festival, joins the Washington International Piano series as a guest artist and continues her long standing relationship with the Long Island Choral Society, returning as soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah. She will also complete her Doctorate in Musical Arts as a Dean's Fellow from the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University in May 2025.