Soloists
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Jessye Wright |
One of only four mezzo-sopranos earning distinction as an “Upwardly Musical Artist on the Move” in Symphony magazine, Jessye Wright made her début during the 2007–08 season in Avery Fisher Hall (Lincoln Center) as soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with Martin Josman and the National Chorale, Ms. Wright also sung the role of Hansel in Hansel and Gretel with Chattanooga Symphony and Opera, appeared as soloist in the International Advent Singing Festival in Vienna, and performed the role of Mother Marie in New York Opera Society’s production of Dialogues of the Carmelites.
Other recent highlights include the title role in Carmen at the Ravinia Music Festival with Opera Theatre North, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly with Chattanooga Opera, Meg Page in Verdi’s Falstaff with New Jersey Opera Theatre, Third Lady in Magic Flute with Chattanooga Symphony and Opera, and Pitti-Sing in The Mikado with Nashville Opera.
In March of 2004, Ms. Wright made her Carnegie Hall début in a performance featuring solos from the Messiah with Jonathan Griffith and MidAmerica Productions, and made her European début as a featured alto soloist at the Festival Internazionale di Musica in Tuscany. Other concert performances include Verdi’s Requiem with Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Illinois Philharmonic and Mobile Symphony.
A past national semi-finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Council Auditions, Ms. Wright received the Ardis Krainik Memorial Prize in Voice from Chicago’s National Bel Canto Foundation and won 2nd place in the 2005 International Classical Singer Competition.
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