"Before Courtney Kalbacker lies a great future on the stage of modern opera..." Theater for You, Warsaw, Poland.

As the title role in the monodrama "The Young Wife" (by K. Brochocka) at its Polish Premiere at the Warsaw Chamber Opera.

"If she was able to rivet the attention of the audience for nearly 70 minutes in one-woman show, using her excellent, clear soprano... then how wonderful she has to be in the classical repertoire, singing Brahms or Mozart." Theater for You, Warsaw, Poland

"Stage Director Courtney Kalbacker manages to create wonderful stage pictures that are appropriately dignified by involving the two stunning singers, ... in highly ritualistic pouring and washing." A Fire in Water, DC Theatre Scene, photo Zach Kronisch

"This work deserves attention." - A Fire in Water (Directed by Courtney Kalbacker), DC Theatre Scene, photo Zach Kronisch

The premiere of The Whole Truth (Mark Campbell and Robert Paterson), at UrbanArias, directed Courtney Kalbacker.

Opera Direction:

Ching’s A Midsummer Night’s Night (2022/Towson Univ.); Wallen’s ANON (2018/Peabody); Brochocka’s Younge Wife (Jaroslaw Budzynski /Warsaw Chamber Opera photos); Oberhauser’s A Fire in Water (photos: Paul Gillis 2012).