Praised for her vocal agility and clear tone, Minneapolis based soprano, Anna Christofaro, is gaining recognition as an interpreter of a wide range of repertoire from early to contemporary music.  She performs both as a soloist and in ensembles across the world.  She performed on the 2018 GRAMMY nominated album, Tyberg Masses, with the South Dakota Chorale.  Other highlights include performing at the Olavsfestagene Festival in Trondheim, Norway with the GRAMMY award-winning ensemble, Conspirare, and recently performed on their national tour of Considering Matthew Shepard by Craig Hella Johnson.  She’s also performed under the baton of Bach-scholars, Helmuth Rilling and Hans-Christoph Rademann, at the Weimar Bach Academy and the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart in Germany.

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Anna’s made her soloist debuts of Bach's St. Johns Passion with the Bach Society of Minnesota, Fauré's Requiem and Handel’s Messiah with the Minnesota Chorale, Mozart's Great Mass in C Minor with the Grinnell Oratorio Society, Vivaldi's Gloria with Consortium Carissimi, and Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 and Benjamin Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb with the University of North Texas.  She's also been featured on numerous Artist Series Recitals of music by local composers, Steve Heitzeg, Libby Larsen, Abbie Betinis and Jocelyn Hagen.  Other solo appearances include Handel's Ulrecht Te Deum, and Mozart's Regina Coeli, as well as Bach's B Minor Mass and numerous Bach cantatas with the Bach Roots Festival (Formerly the Oratory Bach Ensemble.)

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A versatile performer, Anna has performed the role of First Lady in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte at the Amalfi Coast Music and Arts Festival in Italy.  Other opera credits include the role of Maguellone in Viardot's Cendrillon, Serpina in Pergolesi's La Serva Perdona, Zerlina in Don Giovanni and Gianetta in The Gondoliers. 

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Anna is in growing demand as an ensemble singer.  In addition to singing in Conspirare and the South Dakota Chorale, she has also sung with True Concord Voices and Orchestra based in Tucson, Consortium Carissimi, Bach Roots Festival, VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, Minnesota Chorale, and Vox Humana.

Anna holds a Master of Music degree from the University of North Texas and a Bachelor of Music degree from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN.