Abby Krawson

Acclaimed as the "quintessential diva," "bewitching," having "her own soubrette-ish delivery," as well as "wringing every bit of sentiment out of her aria," Abigail Krawson is garnering critical and audience praise for her energetic and heartfelt portrayals. Abigail is a dynamic performer, an engaging educator, and a passionate producer of innovative opera and vocal performances. She is on the roster of both The Portland Opera Chorus and The Portland Symphonic Choir, the Director of Children and Youth Choirs at Lake Grove Presbyterian Church, the Community Curator for Renegade Opera, a private voice and piano teacher, and also maintains an active solo calendar in and around Portland.
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In 2026-2027, Abby starts her season with the Professional Premiere of Jesse Preis' The Raven with Renegade Opera. Then in November, she will sing the Soprano Solo in Verdi's Requiem with The Vancouver Symphony and Portland Symphonic Choir. Abigail is a featured soloist at Lake Grove Presbyterian Church for the Christmas Season, and in 2027 she will sing in 2 concerts at Lake Grove. In February, LaRiche Lamar and Abby share their 5th Tapestry concert, a vocal recital that weaves together different genres and styles of music. And in June, she will be the Soprano Soloist in Haydn's Theresienmesse with the Lake Grove Sanctuary Choir and orchestra members of the Oregon Symphony. Abby will join Portland Symphonic Choir for their annual Wintersong in December, an evening of Masterworks in Focus in March and Mahler's 2nd Symphony in May. Other performances include Renegade Opera's annual Renegala and return of Bird Songs of Opera in the spring!

Abigail's 2025-26 season opened with Waking the Witch by Ashi Day with Renegade Opera. She sang the Soprano Solo in Carmina Burana with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the Portland Symphonic Choir in September. The Portland Symphonic Choir reprised their sold-out collaboration from 2024, Vespers, Rachmoninoff's All Night Vigil, with push/FOLD Dance Company in April. Abby returned to the Lake Grove Concert Series in March with her duo partner LaRiche Lamar in Tapestry and as a soloist in the Let Love Be Heard concert in May and a mission trip in June, traveling to Croatia and Slovenia. Also in May, Abigail sang in the Portland Opera chorus performance of Verdi's Requiem. She closed her season by singing the soprano solo in Beethoven's 9th Symphony with The Metropolitan Youth Orchestra.
 
Recent season highlights include Bird Songs of Opera, Adele in Orlofsky's Party (a modern adaptation of Die Fledermaus) and Present Narrator in The Raven (a world premiere opera based on the Edgar Allan Poe poem) by Jesse Preis with Renegade Opera​. As a soprano soloist, she recently sang in Dan Forrest’s Requiem for the Living with Lake Grove Concert Series, Poulenc’s Gloria with Vancouver Master Chorale, Vivaldi's Gloria and Mozart's Vespers Solennes de Confessore with Eugene Concert Choir, and in Blythely Ever After, a rock/opera cabaret with Stephanie Blythe with Boston Lyric Opera.
 
Some of Abby’s favorite roles include the sassy and resourceful maid, Adele, in Die Fledermaus, the saucy and dramatic Musetta in La Bohème, the vocally punishing, but ever charming Zerbinetta in Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos, the charming Marzelline in Fidelio, and Adamo’s heart-wrenching Beth in Little Women. 
 
Abigail lives in Aloha with her husband Justin and their corgis, Sheldon and Coila.