Jessica Fishenfeld
Jessica Fishenfeld “triumphed” (NY Observer) in her New York City Opera debut this season as Leah in the World Premiere of Stonewall, with “clean coloratura,” (Opera News) and “spunky personality” (Opera Wire). Fishenfeld recently starred in the NY premiere of Barnum’s Bird at Circle in the Square, won a Semi-Finalist Prize in the 2019 Lotte Lenya Competition, sang world premieres at Carnegie/Zankel Hall and National Sawdust, performed at NYC’s Birdland Jazz Club, and returned to Helena Symphony as soprano soloist in Carmina Burana. Since her residency with Palm Beach Opera, where she sang the roles of Norina (Don Pasquale), Mabel (The Pirates of Penzance), Najade (Ariade auf Naxos), and covered Gilda (Rigoletto), she made her Carnegie/Zankel Hall debut as soloist, appeared with both the Helena Symphony and Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony in Bernstein 100!, sang with international orchestras in St. Bart’s, Xalapa, and Morelia, created the role of Kim in Big Jim & the Small-Time Investors (Gramercy Opera), sang May Fielding in the North American premiere of Il grillo del focolare (Teatro Grattacielo), and was a 2017 Career Bridges Grant Winner. She created and hosts “Alive & Kicking,” a web series featuring new American opera. www.jessicafishenfeld.com
