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Helmwige in the RING Cycle, Seattle Opera
August 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15, 17, 20, 21, 23, 25, 2013
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Jessica Klein

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Soprano Jessica Klein is already earning critical acclaim in her promising career. Of her recent summer portrayal as Giorgetta in Il Tabarro under Maestro Lorin Maazel, the Financial Times said, “excellent soprano, Jessica Klein, sings with lustrous, resonant voice.” She also recently sang the role of sang the role of Confidante in Elektra with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Maestro Charles Dutoit. Up next, she sings Helmwige in Seattle Opera’s 2013 production of the Ring Cycle.

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…lustrous, resonant voice…
Il Tabarro- “Il Tabarro yields another excellent soprano, Jessica Klein, sings with lustrous, resonant voice.” – Financial Times
…a regal portrayal…
Falstaff - “Jessica Klein soars through a regal portrayal of Alice Ford.”– Charlotte Observer
…considerable talents, both comically and vocally…
Madame Butterfly - “Most frequently the recipient of Christine’s ire is the long-suffering Anna, played by Jessica Klein, who appeared in Madame Butterfly as Kate Pinkerton last season at City Opera.  Klein has a great deal more latitude here for her considerable talents, both comically and vocally.”– QOnstage.com
…gripping moments luminously sung…
Il Tabarro - “Il Tabarro had some gripping moments luminously sung by Jessica Klein.”– Gramaphone
…with expert nuance…
Il Tabarro - “Remembering especially the searing duet between Giorgetta and Michele, of a husband wondering when he lost the affection of his wife, Puccini’s delicate mastery between emotional heft and restraint is absolute.  And Jessica Klein delivered these moments with expert nuance.” - DC Arts Beat 

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Composer Opera Role
Britten Peter Grimes Ellen Orford
Turn of the Screw Governess
Albert Herring Lady Billows
Copland Our Town Mrs. Gibbs
Corigliano Ghosts of Versailles Rosina
Korngold Die Tote Stadt Marie/Marietta
Leoncavallo I Pagliacci Nedda
Menotti The Consul Magda
Mozart Cosi fan Tutte Fiordiligi
Don Giovanni Donna Elvira
Le Nozze di Figaro Countess
Previn Streetcar Named Desire Blanche Du Bois
Puccini Il Tabarro Giorgetta
Ravel L’Enfant et les sortilieges The Cat
Strauss Arabella Arabella
Der Rosenkavalier Marschallin
Elektra Chrysothemis
Intermezzo Anna
Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin Tatyana
The Queen of Spades Lisa
Verdi Falstaff Alice Ford
Il trovatore Leonora
Otello Desdemona
Wagner Lohengrin Elsa
Der Meistersinger von Nürnberg Eva
Das Rheingold Freia
Siegfried Forest Bird
Die Walküre Sieglinde, Helmwige
Weber Der Freischütz Agathe
Composer Work  
Barber Knoxville, Summer of 1915
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Handel Messiah
Mahler Symphony No. 4
Strauss Four Last Songs
Verdi Requiem
Soprano Jessica Klein is already earning critical acclaim in her promising career. Of her recent summer portrayal as Giorgetta in Il Tabarro under Maestro Lorin Maazel, the Financial Times said, “excellent soprano, Jessica Klein, sings with lustrous, resonant voice.” She also recently sang the role of sang the role of Confidante in Elektra with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Maestro Charles Dutoit. Up next, she sings Helmwige in Seattle Opera’s 2013 production of the Ring Cycle.

A 2009 Juilliard Opera Center graduate, Ms. Klein subsequently joined the Opera Theater of Saint Louis as a Gerdine Young Artist, covering the roles of Mimì in La bohème and Rosina in Ghost of Versailles. She also made her New York City Opera debut as Anna in Strauss’s Intermezzo, Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, and covered Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni. With The Juilliard Opera Center, she performed Alice Ford in Falstaff, and Mrs. Gibbs in Ned Rorem’s Our Town. With the Chautauqua Institute in 2009, she performed Tatyana in Eugene Onegin.

Ms. Klein has sung in various concerts at Avery Fisher Hall: soprano soloist in Verdi’s Requiem with Manhattan Youth Orchestra, Clorinda from Rossini’s Cenerentola for the Tucker Foundation Gala, and as the Confidant in Strauss’s Elektra. She also performed the role of Anna Maria in a concert version of Riccitelli’s I Compagnaccci with Teatro Grattacielo.

Ms. Klein was a semi-finalist in the Houston Grand Opera Competition, and the first place winner of the Bel Canto Competition of Chicago. She also went on to become the Grand Prize Winner of the Bel Canto Competition of Chicago, semi-finalist in the Belvedere Singing Competition, and won both the New York City District and Region of the Metropolitan Opera National Competition. In addition, she was a Finalist in the Jette Parker Young Artist Competition for the Covent Garden Opera House.

 

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