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Jenni Samuelson has performed in over 25 lead roles with companies throughout the country including the San Francisco Opera Center, Western Opera Theater, Eugene Opera, Opera San Jose, Cinnabar Theater, Chicago Light Opera Works and The Skylight in Milwaukee. Her signature roles include: Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro); Musetta (La Boheme); Rosina (The Barber of Seville); Despina (Cosi fan tutte); Adina (The Elixir of Love); Nanetta (Falstaff); Phyllis (Iolanthe) and Johanna (Sweeney Todd).
Concert appearances have been equally varied and include: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 by Villa Lobos; Dona Nobis Pacem by Vaughn Williams; Bach’s B Minor Mass, Magnificat and Christmas Oratorio; Handel’s Messiah and Mendelssohn’s Elijah; Mozart’s Requiem and C Minor Mass; Monteverdi’s Vespers and Gloria and Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass. She has performed with the Carmel Bach Festival, San Francisco Chorale, Sonoma Bach Society, Merced Symphony, Santa Rosa Symphony and Brookline Chorus in Boston.
She is an active recitalist and consummate chamber musician having performed many works including the Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes; Bach’s Coffee Cantata; Berio’s Folk Songs and the world premiere of Return Receipts by Amanda McTigue and Jeff Langley.
Samuelson received her Master of Music in Vocal Performance from Northwestern University in 1997, and was a three-time regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
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