Jessica Robinson
soprano

Biography

Welsh soprano, Jessica Robinson, studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama graduating with a first-class honours degree and distinction in MA Opera Performance.  She was a finalist in the 2023 Cardiff Singer of the World.

She has sung with Welsh National Opera, Grange Park Opera, Swansea City Opera and Longborough Festival Opera.  Her roles include Rosina Il barbiere di Siviglia, Despina Così fan tutte, Heavenly Voice Don Carlos and Siren in Caccini’s La liberazione di Ruggiero.

She sung the roles of Yvette, Georgette and Fleury in Opera Rara’s recording of the 1921 version of Puccini’s La Rodine conducted by Carlo Rizzi.  She also features on a recording of Welsh music with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Owain Arwel Hughes for Rubicon.

She sings regularly as soloist in oratorio and concert.  Highlights include Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra broadcast on BBC Radio 3, as soloist with the London Welsh Male Voice Choir at the Royal Albert Hall and Handel’s Messiah at the Wales Millennium Centre.  Internationally she has performed in New York, China, Switzerland and Italy.

She has received numerous awards and scholarships winning the Welsh Singers Competition in 2022.  She currently studies with Rebecca Evans.

Future engagements include An Evening with Ivor Novello at the Three Choirs Festival.

Reviews

“Effervescent soprano, Jessica Robinson, representing Wales, delighted the home crowd, acquitting herself best in Donizetti’s Chacun le Sait from La Fille du Régiment, and Arditi’s Il Bacio, pinging out the high notes.”  The Guardian
 
“It seems that Jessica Robinson was born to play Rosina. Entirely convincing that Almaviva should fall in love with her at first sight, she possessed other assets such as her lyric soprano voice and impeccable comic timing. She was the full package.” The Scarborough News
“There is a purity and naturalness to Ms Robinson’s singing and performing style that captivates the listener from the start.” Nation.Cymru

Repertoire / Discography

Composer
Work
Role
Bernstein
Candide
Cunégonde
Bernstein
West Side Story
Maria
Britten
Albert Herring
Miss Wordsworth
Britten
Peter Grimes
Second Niece
Caccini
La liberazione de Ruggiero
Siren
Donizetti
L'elisir d'amore
Adina
Donizetti
Don Pasquale
Norina
Donizetti
La Fille du Régiment
Marie
Mozart
Così fan tutte
Fiordiligi/Despina
Mozart
Don Giovanni
Donna Anna
Mozart
Le Nozze di Figaro
Countess
Puccini
La Bohème
Musetta
Puccini
Gianni Schicchi
Lauretta
Rossini
Le barbiere di Siviglia
Rosina
Strauss, Johann
Die Fledermaus
Adele
Verdi
Don Carlos
Heavenly Voice
Verdi
Falstaff
Nannetta