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Emily Jennings

Voice Type:

Soprano

Nationality:

British

Country:

United Kingdom

Languages (fluent):

English

Opera

Fiordiligi
Cosi Fan Tutte (Mozart)
Royal College of Music, Britten Theatre
2017
Marzelline
Fidelio (Beethoven)
Royal College of Music, Britten Theatre
2017
Aminta
Il Re Pastore (Mozart)
Royal College of Music, Britten Theatre
2017
Helena
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Benjamin Britten)
Royal College of Music, Britten Theatre
2016
Echo
Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss, R)
Royal College of Music, Britten Theatre
2014

Operetta/G&S

Yum Yum
The Mikado (Gilbert & Sullivan)
International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival
2014

Contemporary Opera

Soprano Vocalist
A Half-Remembered Gesture (Yanwen Xiong/Ben Rowarth)
Royal College of Art
2018
Lost Child
The Water Diviner's Tale (Rachel Portman)
Royal Albert Hall (BBC Proms)
2007

Early Music

Soprano Soloist
Vespers (Monteverdi)
Thomas Tallis Society, The Sixteen Orchestra
2017
Soprano Soloist
Puppet Lieder (Various)
Third Hand Opera
2014

Musical Theatre

Lucille Frank
Parade (Jason Robert Brown)
Union Hall, Imperial College
2013
Woman 1
Songs For A New World (Jason Robert Brown)
RCM Musical Theatre Society
2012
Wendla Bergman
Spring Awakening (Duncan Sheik)
Brighton Dome
2012

Art Song

Soprano Soloist
3 Scottish Songs for Soprano and Piano (James MacMillan)
Cadogan Hall
2017

Chorus

Chorister
Tosca (Giacomo Puccini)
Opus 1 Opera
2007

Oratorio/Concerts

Soprano Chorus
L'enfance du Christ (Berlioz)
Royal Albert Hall (BBC Proms)
2019
Soprano Soloist
Magnificat (Bach)
Thomas Tallis Society
2019
Soprano (Chorus)
‘Messiah’ (Handel)
Britten Sinfonia
2018
Eve
Creation (Joseph Haydn)
Scherzo Consort, Holy Trinity Church Kensington
2017
Soprano Soloist
Passio (Arvo Pärt)
Cappella Lacensis, Maria Lach
2017
Soprano Soloist
Requiem (Mozart)
Thomas Tallis Society
2017
Soprano Soloist
Magnificat (Bach)
Scherzo Consort, Kings College Chapel
2016
Soprano Soloist
St John Passion (Bach)
Scherzo Consort, Kings College Chapel
2016
Soprano Soloist
Petit Messe Solenelle (Rossini)
Scherzo Consort
2015
'Youth' and 'Angel 1'
Elijah (Felix Mendelssohn)
Norwich Cathedral (Norfolk and Norwich Festival)
2015
Soprano Soloist
Exultate Jubilate (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Vacation Chamber Orchestra
2011
Chorus
Requiem (Giuseppe Verdi)
Royal Festival Hall
2010
Chorus
Creation (Joseph Haydn)
Royal Albert Hall (BBC Proms)
2009
Soprano Soloist
The Story That Told My Life (Joseph Davis)
Royal Nothern College of Music
2009

Choral

Soprano chorus
A sheen of dew on flowers (Joby Talbot)
Barbican
2019

Classical

Soprano Soloist
Symphony No.4 (Gustav Mahler)
St Cecilia Orchestra
2015

Jazz

Lead Vocalist
'The American Songbook' (Various)
Royal College of Music Big Band
2013

Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled

'L'amero, saro costante' (Il Re Pastore) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Recorded May 2017)

'Nachtlied' - Felix Mendelssohn (Recorded May 2017)

'Silent Noon' - Vaughan Williams (Recorded May 2017)

'Three Early Songs' - George Crumb (Recorded May 2017)

'Trois melodies' - Olivier Messiaen (Recorded May 2017)

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Competitions

Finalist in the Dean and Chadlington Festival Singing Competition (2019)

Brooks Van Der Pump English Song Competition - 1st Prize (2017)

“A feeling for song that cannot be taught” (Brooks van der Pump English Song Competition) (2017)

'The singing, particularly playful soprano Emily Jennings, is just glorious.' - Shyama Perera, MonkeyMattersTheatre (Review of Third Hand Opera's production of 'Puppet Lieder')

Master of Vocal Performance
Royal College of Music
2015–2017
BMus (Hons) Voice
Royal College of Music
2010–2014

Emily is a British Soprano based in Catford, South East London. Described as 'a singer with a feeling for song that cannot be taught' (John Mark Ainsley - Adjuicator for the Brooks Van Der Pump English Song Competition 2017), Emily is a diverse performer in demand as a soloist and ensemble singer with an exciting career comprising of repertoire spanning from the renaissance through to the 21st century. She graduated with Distinction from the Royal College of Music where she studied both as an undergraduate and masters student as an award holder supported by an Alice Templeton awards. Emily has performed with many of the UK's most exciting ensembles including the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Academy of Ancient Music, the Britten Sinfonia and Voices, the Sixteen and the London Handel Orchestra and Singers in several prestigous venues such as the Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms, the Barbican, the Royal Festival Hall, and Cadogan Hall. Recent performance highlights include a rare performance of Delius's incidental score to 'Hassan' with the Britten Sinfonia in their concert performance and recording of 'The Golden Road to Samarkand' as well as performing 'Alexander's Feast' with the London Handel Orchestra (conducted by Lawrence Cummings) as part of the London Handel Festival, and singing the sublime soprano solo in Finzi's 'In Terra Pax' with the Thomas Tallis Society.

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