ABOUT
RACHEL BLAUSTEIN
ENGAGEMENTS
RECENT & UPCOMING
Pearly tone & coloristic nuance.
"As Gilda, soprano Rachel Blaustein produced a lovely, pearly thread of tone that helped her get to the very heart of the character. Her way of shading phrases with coloristic nuance (and adding elegant flourishes to Caro nome) added to her poetic portrayal."
TIM SMITH | FORMER ARTS CRITIC, THE BALTIMORE SUN
"She soared beautifully in her upper register; her singing was gorgeous."
OPERAGENE | Rigoletto
2026/27
SEASON
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
world premiere
"The soprano Rachel Blaustein brought a sweetness to Micòl that persevered through her character’s capriciousness."
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Past Highlights.
The Old Maid and the Thief
Laetitia | Spoleto Festival, USA
Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Soprano Soloist | Spoleto Festival, USA
The Fiddler on the Roof
Hodel | Cincinnati Opera, Austin Opera
Rigoletto
Gilda | Opera Baltimore, Opera Delaware
Art of Song Recital
Recitalist | Art of Song Festival with James Conlon, Frederica von Stade, Susan Graham, Kevin Murphy
The Manchurian Candidate
Jocelyn | Austin Opera
Falstaff
Nannetta | Maryland Lyric Opera
The Lord of Cries
Autonoe | The Santa Fe Opera (world premiere), Odyssey Opera, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Pentatone Records (Grammy-nominated commercial recording)
Written in Stone
The Monument (cover) | Washington National Opera
The Turn of the Screw
Miss Jessell | Spoleto Festival, USA; Opera Ithaca
Ravinia Festival Steans Music Institute
Vocal Fellow | Ravinia Festival
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Sarah Kavalier | The Metropolitan Opera (workshop)
Messiah
Soprano Soloist | Virginia Symphony Orchestra, South Florida Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony
Carmina Burana
Soprano Soloist | New England Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition
Grand Finalist; Fernand Lamesch National Finalist Award | The Metropolitan Opera
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Micól Finzi-Contini | New York City Opera (world premiere); NYCO in Florence, Italy
Awakenings
Ruth | Opera Theatre of St. Louis (world premiere)
The Hours
Laura Brown | The Metropolitan Opera (workshop)
Carmen
Frasquita | Chicago Opera Theatre
EXPRESSIVE AND ARTFUL.
"Soprano Rachel Blaustein displayed a real feel for art song, starting with her expressive, a cappella take on the opening Jewish chant “Ani ma’amin” alongside tenor Evan Kastefes and continuing with the stunning, faraway quality she brought to Korngold’s “Sonnet for Vienna,” shaping the final line with artful, soothing swells."
CLASSICAL VOICE AMERICA
The Ravinia Festival