Young American soprano Jami Rogers has quickly established
herself as one of the most sought after singers on the operatic and concert
scene today. In recent seasons she has appeared as Sophie in Werther with
both the Los Angeles Opera and Boston Lyric Opera; with New York City Opera
as Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte, Gilda in Rigoletto and Fido
in Paul Bunyan which was telecast on PBS Live from Lincoln Center as well
as Fire and The Nightingale in L’enfant et les Sortileges; Queen of the Night
in Die Zauberflöte with Santa Fe Opera; Juliette in Romeo et Juliette
with Hawaii Opera Theater and Cleveland Opera and the El Paso Opera; Rosina
in Il barbiere di Siviglia with the Palm Beach Opera; and Poucette in Manon
at the Metropolitan Opera.
Other notable operatic performances include: Iris in The Tempest and Papagena with The Dallas Opera; The Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte with Opera Delaware; Adele in Die Fledermaus with Opera Grand Rapids and Kentucky Opera; Aspasia in Mitridate with Wolf Trap Opera Festival; Musetta in La Bohême with Knoxville Opera; and Servila in La Clemenza di Tito with Opera Theater of St. Louis. This season, she returned return to New York City Opera for Rigoletto, to Hawaii as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, and to Knoxville for H.M.S. Pinafore with her husband, Kevin Anderson. Upcoming engagements include a return to Cleveland Opera for The Pirates of Penzance, Hawaii for Magic Flute, and debuts with Sarasota Opera in the role of Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos and with Lake George Opera Company as Marie in La Fille du Regiment. On the concert stage she has sung the soprano soloist in the National NPR broadcast Messiah with the Atlanta Symphony with Robert Shaw conducting, the Angel in Elijah at Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra of St. Lukes, and the soprano soloist in Poulenc’s Gloria with the Atlanta Youth Symphony again with Mr. Shaw conducting. She has also performed Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with the Savannah Symphony, Carmina Burana with the Knoxville City Ballet, as well as numerous concerts of operatic highlights. Miss Rogers has also performed in recital at The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, and with the New York Festival of Song at Weil Hall with Stephen Blier. Ms. Rogers is the National Winner of the 1996 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and a 1995 winner of the Opera Index Awards in New York City, the recipient of the Hyndman Award for Professional Development from the Opera Theater of St. Louis, and first prize winner of the Young Patronesses of the Florida Grand Opera International Vocal Competition. |