Jessica Winn, mezzo-soprano

Hailed as a vocalist with “pure colors” that capture “ethereal qualities” in her performances, mezzo-soprano Jessica Winn has made her mark in the Bay Area classical vocal community. Making her professional vocal debut in 2011 with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra as the mezzo-soprano soloist in Stephen Montague’s Requiem, Ms. Winn has taken both the operatic and choral stage, performing a vast array of styles and periods from Baroque to Contemporary.

Most recently, Ms. Winn has performed with Berkeley Chamber Opera as Laura in Verdi’s Luisa Miller and covered the role of the Secretary in Menotti’s The Consul. She is a current member of the Marin Baroque Choral, featured as an alto soloist, most notably singing Monteverdi’s “Pianto Dalla Madonna” in the ground breaking concert A Girl Called Mary November 2016. Ms. Winn also recently performed in San Jose Opera’s productions Die Entfuhrung auf dem Serail, Cosi Fan Tutte and Lucia di Lammermoor and as a soloist in West Edge Opera’s production of Leoncavallo’s La Boheme.

Other notable operatic moments have been La Madre in Golden Gate Opera’s Production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, 2nd Witch in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with Marin Baroque (2015), the title role in Handel’s Radamisto with the Manhattan Opera Studio Summer Program, Pitti-Sing in The Mikado with Lyric Theatre San Jose (2014), the title role in Rossini’s La Cenerentola and Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro with Opera On Tap San Francisco (2013). Jessica has also performed with West Coast Opera Works, San Francisco Opera Baroque, and Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute (BASOTI). Other roles include the title role in Handel’s Rinaldo, Miss Todd in The Old Maid and the Thief, Second Lady in The Magic Flute, Medoro in Orlando, and Volupia in Cavalli’s L’Egisto.

Ms. Winn has also done a great deal of concert work, performing as the alto soloist in John Rutter’s Feel The Spirit, Come Ye Sons of Art by Purcell, Missa Brevis by Zoltan Kodaly, Membra Jesu Nostri by Buxtehude, Cantata No. 4 by J.S. Bach. She has worked with several prestigious choral groups including The San Francisco Symphony Chorus, The Castro Valley Symphony and Volti San Francisco.

Jessica Winn received her Masters in Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Cesar Ulloa and her Bachelors in Music from Mannes College of Music in New York City.