Jessica Bloch

Praised for her "beautiful upper range" and "sparkling tone", soprano Jessica Arielle Bloch has

recently advanced to the final round for the 2020-2021 American Prize in the division for Professional Women in Opera. Earlier this year she was a semi-finalist for the 2021 Music International Grand Prix, and a Finalist at the 2019 Great Italian Songs Competition.

Fresh out of her collegiate education, Jessica sang Despina (Così fan tutte) as a Resident Artist

with the Mountain Opera Company's inaugural season, Mozart in the Mountains, and continued as a 2019 Renee Greenberg Emerging Artist with Opera Fusion in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. At Opera Fusion she covered Nella (Gianni Schicchi) and sang in her third production of Suor Angelica as Sorella Cercatrice II. Moving into 2020, Jessica made her Boston debut singing scenes as Phoebe from A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, and Francesca from Bridges of Madison County with the up-and-coming musical theater company, The RC Performing Arts Company of Boston. Recently she has appeared in concert with NEMPAC Opera for their 2020 summer Opera from the Balcony series, singing selections by Richard Strauss, Mozart, and Donizetti.

Throughout the COVID-19 lock-down and phases in her locale, Jessica has continued to be a part

of several virtual concerts broadcasting on both YouTube and Facebook. She was also invited by Angel Blue to sing Sophie's part in the Presentation of the Rose (Der Rosenkavalier) by Strauss, on Christine Goerke's virtual masterclass with the Opera Training Studio. In December of 2020, she performed "Hearts on Sleeves" in recital with Dell'Arte Opera Ensemble's recital series: Songs from Hibernation, including works by Robert Owens, Juliana Hall, Cecil Cohen, Undine Moore, Poldowski, and Strozzi. In 2021, Jessica looks forward to recording Dana Kaufman's Three Beasts, adapted for piano and voice with the Christman Opera Company as well. Currently, Jessica is continuing her training at the Vincerò Academy, studying Zerlina in Don Giovanni, under the direction of Maestro Abdiel Vàzquez. In addition, Jessica will be continuing as a Young Artist with Dell'Arte Opera Ensemble in New York City this coming summer.

Past performance credits include originating the role of Miss Johnson in Douglas Buchanan’s

World Premiere of Bessie and Ma; covering Belinda in Dido and Aeneas; Amalia Balash in UConn Opera Outreach’s She Loves Me; and completing her Master of Music in Vocal Performance degree recital. Jessica also made her debut with Hartford Opera Theater as Titania for their New in November Nine Festival, exploring Paul Richards new work, The Loathly Lady. Other operatic credits with UConn Opera Theater include Noèmie (Cendrillon), Suor Genovieffa (Suor Angelica), and Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro). After performing Susanna, Jessica has since tackled more Mozart heroine’s such as Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), both under the baton of Maestro Christian Schulz at the Vienna Summer Music Festival in 2017 and 2018 respectively.