Winner of the 2018 Critics’ Circle Emerging Talent Award, British soprano Jennifer France was described in WhatsOnStage as the ‘living jewel in opera’s crown’.
Plans in the 23/24 season include two returns to the Royal Opera House for Iphis Jephtha cond. Laurence Cummings and Despina Così fan tutte cond. Alexander Soddy, and a return to the Bayerische Staatsoper for Ivette Die Passagierin cond. Jurowski. On the concert platform, Jennifer will sing Beethoven’s Mass in C with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Matthew Halls, Jonathan Dove’s There Was a Child with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Strauss’ Sechs Lieder with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Vasily Petrenko, Brett Dean’s Evolution Cantata with the Orchestre National de Lyon cond. Markus Stenz. George Benjamin’s A Mind of Winter with the Orchestre de Caen cond. Nicholas Simon, Brett Dean’s 2nd Quartet with the Doric String Quartet at the Wigmore Hall, Christmas concerts with the Royal Choral Society at the Royal Albert Hall & New Years Eve gala concerts with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra cond. Jiří Rožeň.
Photo credit Nick Cutts