Praised for her “powerful, multi-colored mezzo” (South Florida Classical Review), mezzo-soprano Christine Boddicker’s recent engagements include house debuts with Lyric Opera of Kansas City and Ars Lyrica Houston, as well as concert appearances with Grant Park Chorus.  Christine also participated in the world premiere of The Haberdasher Prince, a family opera commissioned by LOKC.  For the 2025 season, Christine has been selected as a Smith Young Artist with Cedar Rapids Opera, as well as an Apprentice Artist and Opera Iowa Troupe member with Des Moines Metro Opera.

Christine is an alumna of fine training programs such as Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Indianapolis Opera, Janiec Opera Company at Brevard Music Festival, Opera Steamboat, Miami Music Festival, and Chicago Summer Opera, and has performed with Music on Site inc.  Notable roles include Stéphano (Roméo et Juliette), Lola (Cavalleria rusticana), Nerone (L'incoronazione di Poppea), Sesto (La clemenza di Tito), Angelina (La Cenerentola), Sesto (Giulio Cesare), and Mercédès (Carmen).  In the summer of 2020, Christine had the privilege to rejoin the Janiec Opera Company as Dater #44 in the virtual premiere of ZOOM Speed Dating Tonight!  Other recent virtual projects include operatic scenes with Miami Music Festival, and Sally (A Hand of Bridge) with the Moores Opera Center, where she also contributed with the graphic editing of the video (see Creative Studio).  Christine has had competition success in the Midwest and in Texas.  She has been selected as a finalist in the 2022 San Antonio Tuesday Musical Club Young Artist Competition, a semi-finalist in the 2022 and 2023 Houston Saengerbund Awards, and received the first-place award in the 2021 MIOpera Voice Competition, as well as second place in 2019. 

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Christine holds a Master of Music degree in vocal performance from the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston, where she studied voice with mezzo-soprano Melanie Sonnenberg.  Christine completed a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance at Michigan State University, where she studied with mezzo-soprano Jane Bunnell.