RECENT AND UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS
Jennifer Davis' current engagements include debuts as Adina in L’elisir d’amore, Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte for the Royal Opera House, debut as Donna Anna in Alessandro Talevi's production of Don Giovanni for Opera North.
She has a busy series of engagements in the upcoming seasons including house debuts at the San Francisco Opera, English National Opera and her return to the Wexford Festival Opera and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in the title role.
OPERATIC ENGAGEMENTS
She joined the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House in September 2015. While there she performed Ifigenia in Oreste, Arbate in Mitridate, re di Ponto, Nursing Sister in Suor Angelica and Ines in Il trovatore at the Royal Opera House, Second Grace/Second Fate in Orpheus at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe, the world premiere of 4.48 Psychosis at the Lyric Hammersmith, Elisabeth in Les enfants terribles for The Royal Ballet and a double bill including Gorecki's Third Symphony and Woolf Works to a score by Max Richter.
Elsewhere she performed Adina in L'elisir d'amore and Agata in Antonio Cagnoni's Don Bucefalo for Wexford Festival Opera, Lenka Svadba for Festival International d'Art Lyrique d'Aix en Provence. High Priestess in Aida for Lyric Opera Productions, Governess in The Turn of the Screw for DIT, Eurydice for The Junction Festival in Ireland, Female Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia for Irish Youth Opera, Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro for Lyric Opera Productions.
CONCERT ENGAGEMENTS
Works by Howard Goodall, Vaughan Williams, Mozart Requiem, Coronation Mass, Handel Dixit Dominus (Irish Chamber Orchestra), Beethoven Choral Fantasia (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Finghin Collins), Haydn Creation, Nelson Mass
AWARDS
Gervase Elwes Cup for best overall singer, multiple prizewinner (Feis Ceoil, Dublin, 2012), Bernadette Greevy Bursary and Gerard Arnhold Prize for the most promising young singer (Wexford Festival, 2013)
MASTER CLASSES
Patricia Bardon, Nuccia Focile, Ann Murray
STUDY
DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, Dublin, National Opera Studio London, Opera Theatre Company Young Associate Artist programe, Ireland
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July 2018
0912:00 |
Recital
Buxton Festival
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Caroline Dowdle, Piano |
August 2018
2912:00 |
Recital
RTÉ Concert Orchestra
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December 2018
1112:30 |
Humperdinck - Hänsel und Gretel - Gretel
Royal Opera House, London
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Sebastian Weigle, Conductor Antony McDonald, Stage Director |
1319:30 |
Humperdinck - Hänsel und Gretel - Gretel
Royal Opera House, London
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Sebastian Weigle, Conductor Antony McDonald, Stage Director |
1719:30 |
Humperdinck - Hänsel und Gretel - Gretel
Royal Opera House, London
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Sebastian Weigle, Conductor Antony McDonald, Stage Director |
2112:30 |
Humperdinck - Hänsel und Gretel - Gretel
Royal Opera House, London
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Sebastian Weigle, Conductor Antony McDonald, Stage Director |
2719:30 |
Humperdinck - Hänsel und Gretel - Gretel
Royal Opera House, London
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Sebastian Weigle, Conductor Antony McDonald, Stage Director |
2911:30 |
Humperdinck - Hänsel und Gretel - Gretel
Royal Opera House, London
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Sebastian Weigle, Conductor Antony McDonald, Stage Director |
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March 2018
0119:00 |
Mozart - Don Giovanni - Donna Anna
Opera North (Leeds)
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Aleksandar Markovic, Conductor Alessandro Talevi, Stage Director |
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Mozart - Don Giovanni - Donna Anna
Opera North (Leeds)
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Aleksandar Markovic, Conductor Alessandro Talevi, Stage Director |
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Mozart - Don Giovanni - Donna Anna
Opera North (Leeds)
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Aleksandar Markovic, Conductor Alessandro Talevi, Stage Director |
0919:00 |
Mozart - Don Giovanni - Donna Anna
Opera North (Leeds)
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Aleksandar Markovic, Conductor Alessandro Talevi, Stage Director |
1419:00 |
Mozart - Don Giovanni - Donna Anna
Opera North (Leeds)
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Aleksandar Markovic, Conductor Alessandro Talevi, Stage Director |
1619:00 |
Mozart - Don Giovanni - Donna Anna
Opera North (Leeds) |
Nottingham, Theatre Royal
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Aleksandar Markovic, Conductor Alessandro Talevi, Stage Director |
2119:00 |
Mozart - Don Giovanni - Donna Anna
Opera North (Leeds) |
Newcastle, Theatre Royal
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Aleksandar Markovic, Conductor Alessandro Talevi, Stage Director |
2319:00 |
Mozart - Don Giovanni - Donna Anna
Opera North (Leeds) |
Newcastle, Theatre Royal
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Aleksandar Markovic, Conductor Alessandro Talevi, Stage Director |
February 2018
1719:00 |
Mozart - Don Giovanni - Donna Anna
Opera North (Leeds)
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Aleksandar Markovic, Conductor Alessandro Talevi, Stage Director |
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2119:00 |
Mozart - Don Giovanni - Donna Anna
Opera North (Leeds)
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Aleksandar Markovic, Conductor Alessandro Talevi, Stage Director |
2319:00 |
Mozart - Don Giovanni - Donna Anna
Opera North (Leeds)
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Aleksandar Markovic, Conductor Alessandro Talevi, Stage Director |
January 2018
0919:30 |
Inaugural Concert
Irish National Opera
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Fergus Sheil, Conductor |
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December 2017
0119:30 |
Operngala Vissi d'amore |
Felix Bender, Conductor Robert Watson, Tenor |
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0219:30 |
Operngala Vissi d'amore |
Felix Bender, Conductor Robert Watson, Tenor |
October 2017
0519:30 |
Mozart - Die Zauberflöte - First Lady
Royal Opera House, London
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Julia Jones, Conductor Richard Hetherington, Conductor David McVicar, Stage Director |
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0712:00 |
Mozart - Die Zauberflöte - First Lady
Royal Opera House, London
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Julia Jones, Conductor Richard Hetherington, Conductor David McVicar, Stage Director |
1119:30 |
Mozart - Die Zauberflöte - First Lady
Royal Opera House, London
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Julia Jones, Conductor Richard Hetherington, Conductor David McVicar, Stage Director |
1319:30 |
Mozart - Die Zauberflöte - First Lady
Royal Opera House, London
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Julia Jones, Conductor Richard Hetherington, Conductor David McVicar, Stage Director |
1419:30 |
Mozart - Die Zauberflöte - First Lady
Royal Opera House, London
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Julia Jones, Conductor Richard Hetherington, Conductor David McVicar, Stage Director |
July 2017
0118:30 |
Mozart - Mitridate re di Ponto - Arbate
Royal Opera House, London
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Christophe Rousset, Conductor Graham Vick, Stage Director |
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0718:30 |
Mozart - Mitridate re di Ponto - Arbate
Royal Opera House, London
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Christophe Rousset, Conductor Graham Vick, Stage Director |
1618:30 |
Jette Parker Young Artists Summer Performance 2017
Royal Opera House, London
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Gerard Jones, Stage Director |
June 2017
2618:30 |
Mozart - Mitridate re di Ponto - Arbate
Royal Opera House, London
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Christophe Rousset, Conductor Graham Vick, Stage Director |
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2918:30 |
Mozart - Mitridate re di Ponto - Arbate
Royal Opera House, London
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Christophe Rousset, Conductor Graham Vick, Stage Director |
February 2017
0820:00 |
Jette Parker Young Artists Concert - Soprano
Royal Opera House, London |
Théâtre du Châtelet
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David Gowland, Piano |
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1313:00 |
Jette Parker Young Artists Programme Lunchtime Recitals - Soprano
Royal Opera House, London
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David Gowland, Piano |
January 2017
2719:45 |
Glass - Les Enfants Terribles - Singer
Royal Opera House, London
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Timothy Burke, Conductor Javier De Frutos, Stage Director |
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2816:00 |
Glass - Les Enfants Terribles - Singer
Royal Opera House, London
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Timothy Burke, Conductor Javier De Frutos, Stage Director |
2919:45 |
Glass - Les Enfants Terribles - Singer
Royal Opera House, London
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Timothy Burke, Conductor Javier De Frutos, Stage Director |
December 2016
0113:30 |
Verdi - Il Trovatore - Ines
Royal Opera House, London
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Richard Farnes, Conductor David Bösch, Stage Director |
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0418:30 |
Verdi - Il Trovatore - Ines
Royal Opera House, London
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Richard Farnes, Conductor David Bösch, Stage Director |
0719:30 |
Verdi - Il Trovatore - Ines
Royal Opera House, London
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Richard Farnes, Conductor David Bösch, Stage Director |
1019:00 |
Verdi - Il Trovatore - Ines
Royal Opera House, London
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Richard Farnes, Conductor David Bösch, Stage Director |
1319:30 |
Verdi - Il Trovatore - Ines
Royal Opera House, London
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Richard Farnes, Conductor David Bösch, Stage Director |
1619:30 |
Verdi - Il Trovatore - Ines
Royal Opera House, London
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Richard Farnes, Conductor David Bösch, Stage Director |
November 2016
0819:30 |
Handel - Oreste - Ifigenia
Royal Opera House, London
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James Hendry, Conductor Richard Gerard Jones, Stage Director |
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0919:30 |
Handel - Oreste - Ifigenia
Royal Opera House, London
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James Hendry, Conductor Richard Gerard Jones, Stage Director |
1119:30 |
Handel - Oreste - Ifigenia
Royal Opera House, London
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James Hendry, Conductor Richard Gerard Jones, Stage Director |
1219:30 |
Handel - Oreste - Ifigenia
Royal Opera House, London
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James Hendry, Conductor Richard Gerard Jones, Stage Director |
1319:30 |
Handel - Oreste - Ifigenia
Royal Opera House, London
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James Hendry, Conductor Richard Gerard Jones, Stage Director |
1519:30 |
Handel - Oreste - Ifigenia
Royal Opera House, London
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James Hendry, Conductor Richard Gerard Jones, Stage Director |
1619:30 |
Handel - Oreste - Ifigenia
Royal Opera House, London
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James Hendry, Conductor Richard Gerard Jones, Stage Director |
1819:30 |
Handel - Oreste - Ifigenia
Royal Opera House, London
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James Hendry, Conductor Richard Gerard Jones, Stage Director |
1919:30 |
Handel - Oreste - Ifigenia
Royal Opera House, London
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James Hendry, Conductor Richard Gerard Jones, Stage Director |
October 2016
0912:30 |
Meet the Young Artists Week: Juke Box Concerts - Soprano
Royal Opera House, London
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James Hendry, Conductor |
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0918:00 |
Meet the Young Artists Week: Juke Box Concerts - Soprano
Royal Opera House, London
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James Hendry, Conductor |
July 2016
0219:15 |
Verdi - Il Trovatore - Ines
Royal Opera House, London
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Richard Farnes, Conductor David Bösch, Stage Director |
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0519:15 |
Verdi - Il Trovatore - Ines
Royal Opera House, London
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Richard Farnes, Conductor David Bösch, Stage Director |
0819:15 |
Verdi - Il Trovatore - Ines
Royal Opera House, London
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Richard Farnes, Conductor David Bösch, Stage Director |
1119:15 |
Verdi - Il Trovatore - Ines
Royal Opera House, London
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Richard Farnes, Conductor David Bösch, Stage Director |
1419:15 |
Verdi - Il Trovatore - Ines
Royal Opera House, London
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Richard Farnes, Conductor David Bösch, Stage Director |
1712:30 |
Jette Parker Young Artists Summer Performance
Royal Opera House, London
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Richard Gerard Jones, Stage Director |
1718:30 |
Verdi - Il Trovatore - Ines
Royal Opera House, London
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Richard Farnes, Conductor David Bösch, Stage Director |
May 2016
2619:30 |
Sarah Kane - 4.48 Psychosis
Royal Opera House, London
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Richard Baker, Conductor |
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2719:30 |
Sarah Kane - 4.48 Psychosis
Royal Opera House, London
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Richard Baker, Conductor |
2819:30 |
Sarah Kane - 4.48 Psychosis
Royal Opera House, London
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Richard Baker, Conductor |
Bernadette Greevy Recital National Concert Hall
- Brian Kellow, Opera NewsRead the article
'A casting director’s dream'
"developed the kind of healthy, strong delivery that singers need to project in larger halls and opera houses... Davis seemed more immediately engaging, open-hearted and personal in a way that was easy to identify with.
If Ireland had such a thing as a national opera company, its casting director would be delighted to have..."
- Michael Dervan - Irish Times
Royal Opera House London - Oreste - Iphigenia
As Ifigenia, Jennifer Davis showed that at the top she can manipulate colour, dynamic and weight of her lyric soprano with ease, and that she can embellish stylishly.
- Claire Seymour, Opera TodayRead the article
[...] the other two female cast members, Jennifer Davis (Ifigenia) and Vlada Borovko (Ermione) display gloriously precocious singing talent.
- ExpressRead the article
Powerful performances from the cast of six, particularly Handelian mezzo from Angela Simkin as Oreste and soprano Jennifer Davis as Ifigenia.
- Clare Colvin, ExpressRead the article
Jennifer Davis (Ifigenia) possesses a voice of rare beauty, lamenting her appalling situation with real warmth and tenderness
- Stephen Pritchard, The GuardianRead the article
In the title role, Angela Simkin drew us in with her rich, clear mezzo; she, along with Jennifer Davis as Ifigenia, had subtlety in her sound, layers of humanity that set the long-lost siblings apart as (ironically) the sanest characters of the story. Simkin's Oreste sang with plaintive wails and fiery coloratura, and Davis' control over her instrument showed us a three-dimensional Ifigenia, resisting her horrific circumstances.
- Jenna Douglas, SchmoperaRead the article
The women are ahead of the game here, with Vlada Borovko, Jennifer Davis and Angela Simkin all providing attractive and accomplished virtuosic singing
- Rupert Christiansen, The TelegraphRead the article
Super Irish and Russian sopranos Jennifer Davis and Vlada Borovko were moving and stylish Handelians as the much abused young women
- Brian DickieRead the article
The Irish soprano Jennifer Davis as Ifigenia, reluctant priestess, and the Russian soprano Vlada Borovko as Oreste's wife, Ermione, give particularly fine performances that grow and grow in strength.
- Claudia Pritchard, Culture WhisperRead the article
Jennifer Davis makes a touching Ifigenia, psychologically damaged but vocally so clean an antidote to the filth surrounding her.
- Alexandra Coughlan, Broadway WorldRead the article
It outlines Oreste’s reunion with his sister Iphigenia (remarkably secure soprano Jennifer Davis) while she is serving as high priestess of Diana in Tauris
- Cara Chanteau, The IndependentRead the article
Simkin and Davis, meanwhile, sing Handel with wonderful finesse. Davis’s voice gleams at the top and her coloratura is exacting in its precision.
- Tim Ashley, The GuardianRead the article
Royal Opera House London - Il Trovatore - Ines
‘…Smaller roles were very well taken, with special praise for Jennifer Davis’s Ines, who made all her words count and who dealt sensitively (even movingly) with a wardrobe malfunction that befell her fictional mistress …
- Opera Magazine
Royal Opera House London - Les Enfants Terribles - Lise
"...while Jennifer Davis gave a towering sense of the histrionic, self-aware and invincible Lise. Her final heart-rending aria before shooting herself to beat her fatally-poisoned brother to death - and thus win "The Game" - brought shivers down my spine."
- Bachtrack - Graham Watts
"The majority of the excellent singers (Jennifer Davis, Gyula Nagy, Paul Curievici and Emily Edmonds) are Jette Parker Young Artists. They also succeed in imbuing their characters with depth and emotion to such an extent that they feel every bit the equal of some of the most outstanding dancers of our generation, who themselves are performing at the height of their game."
- musicohm.com - Sam Smith
"Jennifer Davis was a powerful Elisabeth, feisty and compelling..."
- The Times, Debra Craine
"The highest level of artistry is evident throughout the production. The singers are also fine actors, Gyula Nagy's Paul (pictured above) becoming progressively more revolting as he malingers in his pyjamas. Paul Curievici's Gérard is culpably inert (he alone saw the incest and could have averted tragedy), but it's Jennifer Davis as Lise who takes the evening's laurels, for maintaining such a thrillingly sweet sound right through to the frantic dénouement."
- The Arts Desk, Emmy Gilbert
"As Lise, Jennifer Davis sings with lucidly sweet tone, while moving with complete physical commitment..."
- The Independent, Zoë Anderson
Royal Opera House London - L`Elisir d'Amore - Adina
On the one hand we had Irish soprano Jennifer Davis, a Jette Parker Young Artist, stepping forward at the last minute to replace the expert Adina of Aleksandra Kurzak and offering a vocally impeccable performance which showed star potential in the rapid passagework of the second act.
- Opera Magazine, August 2017
On the one hand we had Irish soprano Jennifer Davis, a Jette Parker Young Artist, stepping forward at the last minute to replace the expert Adina of Aleksandra Kurzak and offering a vocally impeccable performance which showed star potential in the rapid passagework of the second act.
- Opera Magazine, August 2017
Irish soprano Jennifer Davis as Adina wowed us with her tonal beauty and tenderness. Her Adina showed innocence and cunning and we enjoyed every note of Donizetti’s incomparable melodies.
- James Karas ReviewsRead the article
Royal Opera House London - Mitridate, re di Ponto - Arbate
Fine contributions from soprano Jennifer Davis as the local governor Arbate, and Rupert Charlesworth as the Roman Consul Marzio
- Mark RonanRead the article
Royal Opera House London - JPYA Summer Performance
"Arabella seemed an ideal fit for the creamy, soaring Soprano of Jennifer Davis..."
- Yehuda Shapiro, Opera Magazine
"Jennifer Davis wowed us in a scene-stealing performance of Arabella, and then again as Donna Elvira. She and David Shipley, as Leporello, were the most interesting to watch on stage."
- John Beckett, SchmoperaRead the article
"In what followed, three singers were truly at their ease [...] and Jennifer Davis...amazing us with the ideal Straussian bloom at the top of the voice in the final scene of 'Arabella'."
"Davis' "Mi Tradi" and Atkins' "Il mio tesoro" were performances you'd be delighted to hear in a main Royal Opera production, very stylish, with excellent breath control, and dramatically firm..."
- David Nice, The Arts Desk
Irish National Opera - The Big Bang! Inaugural Concert
"Davis must be the most accomplished of all young Irish sopranos. She couples the natural gift of a luscious and powerful voice to an always heartfelt acting"
- Pia Maltri, BachtrackRead the article
Leeds Opera North - Don Giovanni - Donna Anna
The noble Donna Anna is sung with breathtaking poise by Jennifer Davis. Her account of Anna’s regretful Non mi dir (Tell me not that I am cruel) immaculately places every note of the fiendishly difficult coloratura passages.
- Ilkley Gazette, Geoffrey MogridgeRead the article
Jennfier Davis’s fluttery soprano brought out Donna Anna’s despair beautifully and was matched with a solid Don Ottavio in Nicholas Watts.
- Seen and Heard International, Cornelius FitzRead the article
Soprano Jennifer Davis' Donna Anna was hair-raising, but in the best possible way. Her gorgeously pure voice and acting ability gave her character a particularly strong significance.