Krause was born in
Tampa, Florida, on December 14, 1987, After graduating, she travelled to Europe and performed in opera houses such as the
English National Opera, the
Berlin State Opera, the
Dutch National Opera, the
Royal Danish Theatre, and
Theater Basel, among many others. In July 2020, Krause's singing the "Queen of the Night aria" while practicing
acrobatics and
aerial silks went viral. In April 2025, at the Nashville Opera, she performed as Lucia in
Donizetti's opera
Lucia di Lammermoor. Later that year, in September, she was recorded and filmed singing the "Queen of the Night aria" at the
English National Opera during the one-off performance, ''Mozart's Women: A Musical Journey
, for the television channel Sky Arts. By October 2025, Krause had performed the role of the Queen of the Night in more than 145 performances of The Magic Flute''. In December 2025, she made her
Metropolitan Opera debut, again singing the Queen of the Night. == Personal life ==