As a native of Houston, Texas, American Lyric Soprano Jennifer Black returns for her third and final
year to the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program for the 2007/2008
season. Ms. Black was involved in the productions of the company’s Ariadne auf Naxos and
Carmen during her first year at the Met and made her debut as “Woman of Crete” in Idomeneo
during the 2006/2007 season, as well as Voce dal Cielo in Don Carlo and First Alms Collector in the
new production of Suor Angelica.
In the 2007/2008 season Ms. Black returns to Santa Fe Opera for her first Mimi in La Boheme in
June of 2007 after having made her debut as Micäela in the company’s production of Carmen in
2006. Having made her debut with New York City Opera as Musetta in April 2006, Ms. Black returns
as Micäela in October of 2007. This season at the Met, Ms. Black will make appearances in Le
Nozze di Figaro and Manon Lescaut.
In recital, Ms. Black has performed as a guest artist with The Artist Series of Sarasota, Texas State
University, Texas Lutheran University, with harpist Grace Cloutier at Carnegie Hall, Milan’s
Orchestra Giuseppe Verdi, as well as solo recitals in New York City’s Goethe Institute and Bruno
Walter Theater.
Ms. Black was most recently awarded a 2007 George London/Leonie Rysanek Award and received
second place in the 2007 Loren L. Zachary Society Competition. In September she will travel to
London to compete in the Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song Competition. A 2000
Metropolitan Opera National Council Awards finalist and a recipient of a 2005 Sullivan Grant, she
was also a finalist in the Dallas Opera Guild Competition, Houston Grand Opera’s Eleanor McCollum
Competition, the Connecticut Opera Guild and the MacAllister Awards.
A graduate of the Yale School of Music, Ms. Black performed the title roles of Kat’a Kabanova, Suor
Angelica, and was also seen as Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Pamina in Die
Zauberflöte. Ms. Black has performed with the San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program, having
sung the roles of Nella in Gianni Schicchi, Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica and Musetta.
year to the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program for the 2007/2008
season. Ms. Black was involved in the productions of the company’s Ariadne auf Naxos and
Carmen during her first year at the Met and made her debut as “Woman of Crete” in Idomeneo
during the 2006/2007 season, as well as Voce dal Cielo in Don Carlo and First Alms Collector in the
new production of Suor Angelica.
In the 2007/2008 season Ms. Black returns to Santa Fe Opera for her first Mimi in La Boheme in
June of 2007 after having made her debut as Micäela in the company’s production of Carmen in
2006. Having made her debut with New York City Opera as Musetta in April 2006, Ms. Black returns
as Micäela in October of 2007. This season at the Met, Ms. Black will make appearances in Le
Nozze di Figaro and Manon Lescaut.
In recital, Ms. Black has performed as a guest artist with The Artist Series of Sarasota, Texas State
University, Texas Lutheran University, with harpist Grace Cloutier at Carnegie Hall, Milan’s
Orchestra Giuseppe Verdi, as well as solo recitals in New York City’s Goethe Institute and Bruno
Walter Theater.
Ms. Black was most recently awarded a 2007 George London/Leonie Rysanek Award and received
second place in the 2007 Loren L. Zachary Society Competition. In September she will travel to
London to compete in the Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song Competition. A 2000
Metropolitan Opera National Council Awards finalist and a recipient of a 2005 Sullivan Grant, she
was also a finalist in the Dallas Opera Guild Competition, Houston Grand Opera’s Eleanor McCollum
Competition, the Connecticut Opera Guild and the MacAllister Awards.
A graduate of the Yale School of Music, Ms. Black performed the title roles of Kat’a Kabanova, Suor
Angelica, and was also seen as Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Pamina in Die
Zauberflöte. Ms. Black has performed with the San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program, having
sung the roles of Nella in Gianni Schicchi, Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica and Musetta.
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