BIOGRAPHY
American soprano Jasmine Habersham is a versatile and dynamic performing artist whose voice has been hailed as “exquisite” by Broadway World and possessing a “well-controlled, silvery tone had an alluring presence” by Opera Today. The 2021-2022 season featured many exciting company and role debuts for Ms. Habersham. She returned to Atlanta Opera for her role debut as Cleopatra in Handel’s Giulio Cesare, made her company debut with Opera North (UK) as Gilda in Rigoletto, appeared as The Dew Fairy in Hansel and Gretel with Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, returned to Madison Opera for her role debut as Euridice in Orpheus in the Underworld, and joined The Glimmerglass Festival as Mimi in Tenor Overboard and Mary in Holy Ground. This season, she returns to Minnesota Opera as Sarah Ruth in Edward Tulane, performs with the Rochester Philharmonic and Dallas Symphony, debuts as Sophie in Werther with Houston Grand Opera, brings her celebrated Gilda in Rigoletto to Utah Opera, and makes her role debut as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro with Madison Opera.
In recent seasons, she has performed in Opera in the Park Online with Madison Opera, performed as a Company Player with The Atlanta Opera as The Girl in Der Kaiser von Atlantis and Micaëla in Threepenny Carmen, made her debut with Seattle Opera as Zerlina in Don Giovanni, and sang Nannetta in Falstaff with Berkshire Opera. Other notable recent engagements include Pip in Moby Dick with Opera San Jose and Utah Opera, Katie Jackson in the world premiere of Joel Puckett’s The Fix with Minnesota Opera, Clara in Porgy and Bess with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Adina in L’elisir d’amore with the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, Pamina in The Magic Flute with Opera Theatre of St. Louis: Opera on the Go, and Papagena in Die Zauberflöte with Cincinnati Opera.
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