克里Rusthoi, DMA, appearances on the operatic stage include the starring role of Rosalinde in 死Fledermaus《pp电子极速糖果》 福斯塔夫 as well as in such roles as Countess Almaviva in 《pp电子极速糖果》，阿黛尔 死Fledermaus， Micaëla in 卡门阿迪娜在 爱的灵丹妙药纳内塔 福斯塔夫,植物 《pp电子极速糖果》里的贝尔沃瓦凯特·平克顿出演 Madama蝴蝶. Additional operatic credits include Valencienne in 快乐的寡妇帕帕吉纳 魔笛，来自 《波希米亚德斯皮纳 Così范·图特露西拉在 斯卡拉歌剧院 and countless scenes for The Santa Fe Opera’s 教育 and Outreach program and roles while attending the Manhattan School of Music.
Rusthoi has been a featured guest artist for several contemporary works series, and has appeared in concert and oratorio performances as soloist with the New Mexico Symphony 管弦乐队, 阿尔伯克基爱乐乐团, 汽船泉室内乐团 & 合唱团,圣. 保罗路德乐团 & Choir, and The Colorado College Choir & 管弦乐队. She was a featured soloist with the Emerald City Opera, 圣达菲沙漠合唱团, 奥赫里德之夏, Bitola Arts and Skopje Music Festivals (Macedonia) and New Mexico’s premiere contemporary music group Chatter, as well as Strings in the Mountains (Colorado), and the historic Tarrytown Music Hall in New York. Rusthoi has also toured Europe with Opera New York’s production “The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber”, performing selections from the roles of Christine in 歌剧魅影 和抹大拉的马利亚 耶稣基督超级巨星 等.
Rusthoi completed her Doctor of Musical Arts in Vocal Performance at the University of Nevada, 和阿尔方斯·安德森在拉斯维加斯, where she was awarded outstanding honors for both juries and other stage appearances. Early schooling involved study with the late, eminent Jean Kraft of the Metropolitan Opera and academic training at the Manhattan School of Music. She earned a Master of Arts in Vocal Performance from the University of New Mexico, and completed undergraduate work in music at The Colorado College.
在攻读硕士学位期间, Rusthoi was the winner of the New Mexico Symphony Young Artist Competition, and a finalist for the Fulbright Awards to study in Italy. She also received the 1991 Denver Lyric Opera Award and the 1992 Marie Clough Gillis Award for Excellence in Vocal Music while attending The Colorado College. Rusthoi won rave reviews as a guest artist on the award-winning "New Age" recording The Lost World by Michael Sterns, 1991年发行, and is a registered BMI recording artist. She was instrumental in creating the world premiere of an orchestral arrangement of Jean Berger's song cycle Villanescas, which she performed at the 2012 Steamboat All Arts Festival. Rusthoi is the Founder and former Artistic Director of both the Emerald City Opera, 现在是二十周年, 现在叫做Opera Steamboat, as well as its national Opera Artist Institute for Emerging Singers.
Rusthoi served as voice faculty for the University of Nevada for seven years and is currently academic music faculty at Colorado Mountain College. She is Creative Director at The Arts Consultancy, an arts administration support and advisory firm, serving regularly as the Northwest Colorado representative for the Colorado Creative Industries statewide granting panel. She is an advisor to the Yampa Valley Choral Society and is Director of Music at the United Methodist Church in Steamboat Springs, as well as Music Director/Conductor of the Yampa Valley Singers community choir. She formerly conducted the Yampa Valley Youth Choirs, 扬帕谷歌剧团, 哥伦拜恩青年合唱团, 翡翠城歌剧院青年合唱团, Opera Artist Institute and Touring Opera Troupe and has dabbled as a violist with The Avalon String Quartet and 汽船泉室内乐团. Rusthoi is a member of the National Association for Teachers of Singing and the Colorado Music Educators Association.
Rusthoi是这本书的作者 Opera Voodoo: Casting for Regional Operatic Productions published by Outskirts Press in 2021.