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Jenny Ribeiro
American soprano Jenny Ribeiro uses her “bright instrument and engaging personality” (Voce di meche) to delight audiences throughout the world. Trained as a classical pianist and clarinetist as well as a singer, she spent several seasons in musical theater before switching her focus to opera.
Jenny has performed with Bard Summerscape Theater, Dicapo Opera, Opera Noire of New York, Amore Opera, Regina Opera, Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra, The Collegiate Chorale, New York Virtuoso Singers, Hudson Valley Singers, and Altoona Symphony Orchestra, among others. She has sung the roles of Third Norn (Götterdämmerung), Giulietta (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Gretel (Hansel and Gretel), Elvira (The Song of Norway, her Carnegie Hall solo debut) and Nella (Gianni Schicchi). Jenny’s opera repertoire also includes Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Mimi (La Boheme), Michaela (Carmen), and Elsa (Lohengrin). An enthusiastic interpreter of new music, Jenny appeared as Martha in the premier of God Bless Everyone by Thomas Pasatieri and recorded Matt Frey’s chamber opera One-Eleven Heavy, released by Navona Records.