Janna Critz, mezzo soprana, is a rising artist in the early music, operatic, and concert arena, and is acclaimed for having “summoned up sonorities that were rich, warm, dark, and comforting” (San Francisco Examiner) and for her “elegance of technique” and “vivid vocalism” (Baltimore Sun). Miss Critz appears regularly as a soloist with groups like Mountainside Baroque, performing works like Beggar’s Opera, the Vivaldi Magnificat, and Dido and Aeneas. She also appears with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem and was the winner of The Biannual Bethlehem Bach Vocal Competition in 2014. In 2015, Critz was one of four recipients of the Virginia Best Adams Fellowship with the Carmel Bach Festival, and a joint recipient of the 2015 American Prize in Chamber Music with vocal ensemble, New Consort. Critz holds a double master’s degree in early music and vocal performance from the Peabody Conservatory of Music.