Maria Cristina Kit Navarro, has given recitals, orchestral guest appearances and opera performances in Switzerland, the United States, Philippines and Austria. The Orange County Register describes her as “the gifted soprano… whose effortless production and lustrous, satiny tone were angelic”.. “a coloratura specialist whose portrayal has harvested special applause” according to the Badener Tagblatt. She has performed with the Biel, Basel and Baden Theaters of Switzerland, San Diego Opera, Los Angeles Opera, El Paso Opera, Long Beach Opera and Opera Pacific. Notable roles she has done were Queen of the Night, Olympia, Adina, Nerina, Najade and Pedro. She has done guest appearances for Stadtorchester Solothurn, Children’s Orchestra Society of New York, Pacific Symphony, Pacific Chorale, Long Beach Camerata Singers, Kalamazoo Symphony in Michigan, Corona del Mar Baroque Festival, Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, Filipino- American Symphony Orchestra, ABS-CBN Symphony Orchestra and Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Filipino Artist Series among others. Her solo soprano repertoire includes the Requiems of Faure, Brahms and Mozart, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Handel’s Messiah, Judas Maccabaeus and Dixit Dominus, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Bach’s St. John Passion and Cantata #51(Jauchzet Gott), Schubert’s Mass in G, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Mozart’s Mass in Cm, Exsultate Jubilate K. 165, etc. Kit has sung for the films Click and Lady in the Water with the LA Master Chorale, with the John Alexander Singers’ American Voices and Jake Heggie’s Choral Opera: The Radio Hour with Susan Graham. She has been a part of Andrea Bocelli’s Christmas concerts in California, the West Coast tour of Lord of the Rings with the Munich Symphony Orchestra and back- up vocals for Reba McEntire at the Hollywood Bowl. She has joined Pacific Chorale in its tours of Spain, Paris, Budapest, Vienna, Munich, Salzburg, UK and Phillip Glass’ 80th Birthday celebration at Carnegie Hall in NY. Kit received her Bachelor’s Degree in Voice at the University of the Philippines and her Diploma in Music Theater Studies at the Biel Conservatory-Musikschule in Switzerland. A first prize winner in the National Music Competition for Young Artists (NAMCYA), she was also a recipient of the Migros Genossenschafts- Bund study grant and a first prize winner in the Elvira Luthi Wegmann Vocal Competition in Switzerland. She was recently presented the Excellence in Music Award by the Filipino American Symphony Orchestra (FASO) in Los Angeles for her outstanding achievements and artistic contributions to the Filipino community.