Lisa Marie Gerstenkorn, contralto
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'The Queen' (Guest Artist with Midwest Regional Ballet's Swan Lake, 2012)
June 18, 2022 - The Mother, Paulus' The Three Hermits, Heartland Sings Vocal Arts Conference, Rhinehart Music Center, PFW campus, Fort Wayne, IN www.​heartlandsings.org

Summer 2022 - Heartland Sings Mobile Concert Series
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​Past Events

April 24, 2022 - Soloist, An Afternoon with Cole Porter (Heartland Sings), Mountain Home AR

July 30, 2021 - Louise Thaden, Staggerwing (DeSpain & Peters) - WORLD PREMIERE, Opera Kansas, Wichita, KS  operakansas.org

June 27, 2021 - Alto soloist, Mozart's Requiem, Heartland Sings' Pandemic Reflection Concert, Fort Wayne, IN 

May 12, 2021 - A Taste of Heartland, Mobile Concert Series, Heartland Sings, Fort Wayne, IN

Apr. 2021 - Yom HaShoah 2021- Heartland Sings for Fort Wayne Holocaust Remembrance
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPBdDje5zEw​

Feb. 2021 - Soloist, Love Songs, Heartland Sings for Plymouth Congregational Church Music Series, Fort Wayne, IN
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPmRkMclPu4​

Jan. 2021 - Good Trouble -Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration, Heartland Sings for Plymouth Congregational Church Music Series, Fort Wayne, IN.  Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PVJMR1pYKs


Dec. 2020- Alto soloist, Handel's Messiah, Heartland Sings, Fort Wayne, IN (live streamed)

Sep. 20, 2020 - Soloist, Broadway and Beyond (ft. J. Mark McVey), Heartland Sings, Fort Wayne, IN (live streamed)

Aug. 20, 2020 - Soloist, An Evening With Cole Porter, Heartland Sings, Fort Wayne, IN (live streamed)


July 16, 2020 - Jazz Q, Heartland Sings, Fort Wayne, IN (in person & live streamed)

Feb. 2020 - Ruth, Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance, Opera Kansas, Wichita, KS  

Feb. 2020 - Featured Soloist, I Want....The Desires of Women in Opera,  Heartland Opera Theatre, Joplin, MO


Jan. 2020 - Soloist, Music of Luigi Rossi, Amherst Early Music Festival Winter Weekend, Rutgers-Camden, New Jersey

Dec. 2019 - La Zia Principessa, Puccini's Suor Angelica, Music on Site, Inc. Wichita, KS

Dec. 2019 - Alto Soloist, Handel's Messiah, Bartlesville Choral Society, Bartlesville, OK

Dec. 2019 - Featured Soloist, Holiday Extravaganza!, Southeast Kansas Symphony, Pittsburg, KS

Sep. 2019 - Julia Child, Bon Appetit! (L. Hoiby), Heartland Opera Theatre, Joplin, MO

Sep. 2019 - Ursule, Beatrice et Benedict (Berlioz), Landlocked Opera, Inc., Overland Park, KS


Aug. 2019 - Mezzo, Snow Angel (World Premiere) (B. McLarty)  Lawrence Opera Theatre, Lawrence, KS

Jul. 2019 - Zita, Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)  Tour with American Opera Studio in Spain & Portugal

May 2019 - Ruth, Pirates of Penzance (Scene), Landlocked Opera, Inc. Overland Park, KS 

Mar. 2019 - Soloist, Rock to Bach Concert,
 Southeast Kansas Symphony, at Kansas Crossing Casino, Pittsburg, KS
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Feb. 2019 - Soloist, For the Love of Singing, Landlocked Opera, Inc., Overland Park, KS  

Jan. 2019 - Shepherds Chorus, Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors, Opera Kansas, Wichita, KS

Aug. 2018 - Arnalta, Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea, Halifax Summer Opera Festival,  Halifax, Nova Scotia

Jul. 2018 - Berwick Chorus, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Oregon Bach Festival, Eugene, OR

Jul. 2018  - Berwick Chorus -Danielpour's Passion of Yeshua, Oregon Bach Festival, Eugene, OR

Jun. 2018 - Anna, Cavalli's La Didone, Haymarket Opera Summer Course, Chicago, IL 


Mar. 2018 - Alto soloist, Messiah, Messiah Festival Arts, Lindsborg, KS  https://www.messiahfestival.org

Feb. 2018 - Ruth, Pirates of Penzance, PSU Opera, Bicknell Performing Arts Center, Pittsburg, KS

Dec. 2017 - Queen Balthazar,  Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors, Music on Site, Wichita, KS

Dec. 2017 - Soloist, Southeast Kansas Symphony's Holiday Extravaganza, Bicknell Family Center for the Arts, Pittsburg, KS 

Nov. 2017 - Miss Todd,  Menotti's The Old Maid and the Thief, Heartland Opera Theatre, Joplin, MO

Aug. 2017 -Sarastra,  Mozart's Die Zauberflote, Lawrence Opera Theatre, Lawrence, KS

Jun. 2017 - Deianira, Cavalli's L'ercole amante, Baroque Opera Workshop, Queens, NY

Feb. 2017 - Chorus, Tulsa Opera's Puccini to Pop, Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Tulsa, OK


Oct.  2016 - Leporella, Mozart's Don Giovanni, Classic Arts Inc., Harrison, AR

Sep. 2016 - Guest Soloist, A Kurt Weill Kabaret, PSU Opera, Pittsburg, KS

Sep. 2016 - Ms. Denari, Opera Idol, Ozark Family Opera Company, Bentonville, AR

Jul. 2016 - Soloist, The Golden Age of the Silver Screen, American Opera Studio, Lenexa, KS

Feb. 2015 - Guest Soloist (as Adele), Pittsburg State University's 'Tribute to the British Isles' Dinner

Jul. 2015 - Evita, Pittsburg Community Theatre's Evita, Pittsburg, KS

May 2015 - Soloist, Pittsburg Chamber Music Festival, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Pittsburg, KS

Apr. 2015 - Guest Artist, Pittsburg State University Jazz Concert @ Bicknell Family Center for the Arts, Pittsburg, KS




Other Selected Past Events:


Jun. 2014 - Mosaic Vocal Ensemble, Lafayette, LA

Jun. 2014 - Alto soloist, Beethoven's Fantasia in C Minor with Taneycomo Festival Orchestra, Branson, MO

Aug. 2013 - Mosaic Vocal Ensemble in Cedar Rapids, IA

Jun. 2012 - The Queen in Tchaikovsky's  Swan Lake with the Midwest Regional Ballet, Coleman Theatre, Miami,  OK

Feb. - Mar. 2011  - Sister Lillianne in Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking, Tulsa Opera, Tulsa, OK


Mar. 2009 - Vocal Masterclass Clinician, Kansas City Community College, Kansas City, KS

Jun. - Aug. 2007 - College Light Opera Company  Resident Artist 

Jun. - Aug. 2005 - Ohio Light Opera Resident Artist 

Nov. 2004 - Semi-Finalist, Classical and Musical Theatre Divisions, NATS Regional Auditions 



2022 Lisa Marie Gerstenkorn, contralto