Photo by: Rachel Tine
Soprano Frances Kruske received her Bachelor’s degree from DePaul University, where she sang several roles including Emmie (Albert Herring), and Linfea (La Calisto). Frances has been a frequent soloist at the Madison Early Music festival and was an Apprentice Artist for Lyric Opera Studio Weimar in 2017 where she sang the roles of Second Lady/Second Spirit (Die Zauberflöte). In 2019, she joined the Gertrude Opera Studio in Melbourne, Australia as a young artist where she sang the roles of Drusilla (The Coronation of Poppea) and Mab (The Enchanted Pig) at the Yarra Valley Opera Festival. Frances currently resides in Boston, where she completed her Master’s degree at Longy School of Music in 2017 and where she has sung roles including June Jenkins (An Embarrassing Position), Suzel (L’amico Fritz), and Ethel Peters (War is a Racket- world premiere). She currently works at Old North Church in Boston as the soprano section leader and soloist.