Contralto Heidi Skok transitioned to mezzo and has ultimately found great success after a distinguished, decades-long career as a soprano.

In 2023, Skok made her triumphant contralto debut, earning standing ovations for her portrayal of Madame Flora (Baba) in The Medium with First Coast Opera. Later that year, she stepped in at the last minute for Tulsa Opera’s, also as Madame Flora (Baba) in The Medium, delivering a powerful and acclaimed performance. In 2024, she performed recitals with the Cleveland Music and Drama Club, at Disciples Christian Church, and debuted with Mid-Ohio Civic Opera singing Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder. Upcoming engagements include her debut as Mme de Croissy in Dialogues of the Carmelites with Opera for Earth in Florida. Read More

As a soprano, Skok worked with many of the world’s most celebrated conductors and opera companies. At the Metropolitan Opera, she performed under the batons of James Levine, Valery Gergiev, Nello Santi, Christof Perrick, and James Conlon. She also collaborated with Hal France at Wolf Trap Opera, Gerard Schwarz at the Mostly Mozart Festival.

Skok shared the stage with operatic legends, performing alongside Luciano Pavarotti in Donizetti’s L'Elisir d'Amore, Leonie Rysanek in Jenůfa, and Plácido Domingo in Parsifal. Her performances from the MET archives can be heard on Sirius XM radio. Her repertoire took her to prestigious venues like Carnegie Hall, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Pittsburgh Opera, and the 92nd Street Y in New York City, where she sang in a Schubertiade with Hermann Prey and performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Christopher Plummer.

These performances solidified her reputation as a versatile and captivating artist. Today, Skok continues to inspire as a Contralto and teaches singers worldwide through her Skokstudio Vocal Instruction in Mentor, OH. Read Less

“Erda’s Weiche, Wotan, weiche!” from Wagner’s Das Rheingold (2023)

“Afraid, Am I Afraid?” from Menotti’s The Medium (2021)

“Höre mit Sinn” (Waltraute’s Plea) from Wagner’s Die Götterdämmerung (2023)

Bellini Teresa - La Sonnambula Berlioz Ursule - Béatrice et Bénédict Anna - Les Troyens Bernstein Old Lady - Candide Britten Florence Pike - Albert Herring Hippolyta - A Midsummer Night's Dream Auntie - Peter Grimes Debussy Geneviève - Pelléas et Mélisande Gounod Marthe - Faust Gertrude - Roméo et Juliette Gluck Orfeo - Orfeo ed Euridice Gounod Siebel - Faust Stephano - Roméo et Juliette Händel Bradamante - Alcina Cornelia - Giulio Cesare Storge - Jeptha Juno - Semele Arsace, Rosmira - Partenope Eduige - Rodelinda Amastre - Xerxes Humperdinck Die Knusperhexe- Hänsel und Gretel Massenet Mme de la Haltière - Cendrillon Menotti The Mother - The Consul Baba - The Medium Monteverdi Arnalta - L'incoronazione di Poppea Penelope, Ericlea - Il Ritorno D'Ulisse

Mozart Farnace - Mitridate 3. Dame - Die Zauberflöte Mussorgsky Eine Schenkwirtin - Boris Godunov Konchakovna - Prince Igor Nicolai Frau Reich - Die lustigen Weiber Puccini Suzuki - Madama Butterfly Poulenc Croissy - Dialogues of the Carmelites Puccini La Zia Principessa - Suor Angelica Rossini Ragonde - Le comte Ory Isabella - L'italiana in Algeri Tancredi - Tancredi J. Strauss Orlofsky - Die Fledermaus R. Strauss Klytemnestra - Elektra Sullivan Little Buttercup - HMS Pinafore Katisha - The Mikado Jane - Patience (Heidi plays the cello) Ruth - Pirates of Penzance Tchaikovsky Filipevna - Eugene Onegin Die Gräfin - Pique Dame Verdi Dame Quickly - Falstaff Wagner Mary - Der fliegende Holländer Arsace, Rosmira, 2. Norn - Die Götterdämmerung Erda - Das Rheingold Erda - Siegfried Schwertleite - Die Walküre

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“Skok has performed the role of Madame Flora in the past, and she gave a well-calibrated performance, carefully revealing the character’s anger and madness without histrionics.”(The Medium)

James D. Watts, TULSA WORLD 2024

“To me, Heidi Skok is the very definition of professionalism and artistry. Tulsa Opera, like many opera companies throughout the world, is indebted to Heidi Skok.”

Aaron Beck, Artistic Director (Tulsa Opera) 2024