Rainelle Krause, Coloratura Soprano Who Incorporated Aerial Work Into Her Opera, Dies At 37

Rainelle Krause, a coloratura soprano who went viral for singing a signature aria while hanging upside down from aerial silks, has died aft a short hospitalization, her family announced “with immense sadness” Tuesday connected societal media. She was 37.

“Rainelle was a unit successful our lives, a superb talent defined by grit, fearlessness, curiosity, intelligence, integrity, and resilience,” nan family said successful a connection connected Instagram. “Onstage, her sound matched nan breathtaking powerfulness of her spirit. Offstage, she was a loving, caring psyche whose vibrant power lit up everyone astir her. Our hearts are afloat from nan years we shared, moreover arsenic we’re shocked that her skyrocketing profession was trim short.”

The family gave nary further specifications astir nan circumstances of her decease but said they were grateful to person Krause’s “preserved performances” to revisit. They said they would beryllium readying a ceremony of life “at a later date” but wanted to stock nan sad news now pinch friends and fans.

“Rainelle ever gave her very best, pouring her bosom into her creation and those she loved,” nan family said. “The champion measurement we tin grant her representation is by surviving her values each day. We promote you to support her representation live by sharing her beautiful performances.”

Krause, whose website dubbed nan Queen of nan Night successful “The Magic Flute” arsenic her signature role, debuted successful that domiciled astatine nan Metropolitan Opera complete nan holidays. She did nan aforesaid past autumn astatine Opera Atelier successful Toronto.

“Although we knew Rainelle for only a matter of months, we will ne'er hide her astonishing talent. We were awed by her bravery and daring and profoundly moved by her willingness to tie each of america into her circle of friends,” Opera Atelier said Wednesday connected societal media. “Beautiful, generous, talented and kind, Rainelle is irreplaceable and will ever clasp a unsocial spot successful our memories.”

Born successful Florida, Krause graduated from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music pinch a bachelor’s successful euphony and a master’s grade successful euphony successful vocal performance. The English National Opera said she trained pinch nan Sankt Goar International Music Festival and Academy successful Germany, nan OperaWorks Advanced Artist Program successful Los Angeles, Opera Las Vegas, nan Taos Opera Institute and Opera Nova Costa Rica.

She performed pinch opera companies successful Nashville and Atlanta, and successful Texas she sang pinch nan Dallas Opera, pinch symphony orchestras successful Irving and Plano, and pinch a maestro chorale successful Amarillo. She was group to debut pinch nan Santa Fe Opera successful May.

Internationally, Krause’s “The Magic Flute” performances included gigs successful Berlin, Copenhagen and elsewhere. Roles extracurricular of nan Queen of nan Night included nan title domiciled successful “Lucia di Lammermoor,” nan princess successful “The Snow Queen,” Zerlina successful “Don Giovanni” and Pat Nixon successful “Nixon successful China.”

As for her viral acrobatic performances, those appeared to person been connected clasp successful nan twelvemonth earlier her death.

“I can’t moreover statesman to definitive really overmuch I miss aerial work,” Krause wrote past March connected social media. “I’ve been dealing pinch horrendous enarthrosis impingement for months, I’ve been successful beingness therapy since past summer, I’m continuously learning caller ways to effort to build spot and fluency successful bid to support my VERY hypermobile joints.

“I americium successful symptom astir days,” she continued. “But I’m not giving up, I’m seeing incremental improvements, and I will alert again — this clip moving successful performance pinch nan assemblage I have, alternatively of forcing myself to ‘just put successful nan work’ pinch each nan incorrect pathways.”