Jessica Rose Cambio

• OPERA PERFORMANCE
• Eleni Gatzoyianni - Eleni: Theater Erfurt (*World Premiere) 2023
• Mimì - La Bohème: Volkstheater Rostock (*Jump-in) 2022
• Chrysothemis - Elektra: Theater Erfurt 2022
• Luisa - Luisa Miller: Theater Erfurt 2022
• Violetta Valery - La Traviata: Theater Erfurt (*Jump-in) 2022
• Mimì - La Bohème: Staatstheater Meiningen (*Jump-in) 2022
• Lucia - Lucia di Lammermoor: Theater Osnabrück (*Jump-in) 2022
• Giulietta - The Tales of Hoffmann: Theater Erfurt 2022
• Rosalinde - Die Fledermaus: Theater Erfurt 2021
• Manon - Manon Lescaut: Theater Erfurt 2021
• Agnès Sorel - The Maid of Orléans: Domstufen Festspiele Erfurt 2021
• Manon - Manon Lescaut: Oper Frankfurt 2020
• Lina - Stiffelio: St. Galler Festspiele (*Canceled COVID19) 2020
• Alice Ford - Falstaff: Theater Osnabrück 2019
• Liù - Turandot: Tulsa Opera 2018
• Nedda - Pagliacci: New Orleans Opera 2017
• Mimì - La Bohème: Knoxville Opera 2017
• Mimì - La Bohème: Semperoper Dresden 2016
• Nedda - Pagliacci: New York City Opera 2016
• Parisina - Parisina d’Este: Opera Orchestra of New York 2016
• Mimì - La Bohème: Sarasota Opera 2015
• Violetta Valery - La Traviata: Opera På Skäret 2015
• Violetta Valery - La Traviata: West Green House Opera 2015
• Mimì - La Bohème: Royal Albert Hall 2014
• Maria - Maria Stuarda: Fondazione Arena di Verona 2013
• CONCERT AND RECITAL PERFORMANCE
• St. Galler Festspiele Gala Konzert 2022
• Opera Southwest New Years Eve Gala with M* Anthony Barrese 2019
• Eve Queler and friends, Opera Orchestra of New York, Lincoln Center 2015
• Swedish Chamber Orchestra Summer Pops 2015
• London Concert Orchestra Holiday Pops, Barbican Hall 2014
• AWARDS AND HONORS
• 1st Place - Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation
• 1st Place - Giulio Gari Foundation
• 1st Place - Associazione Lirica e Concertistica Italiana (As.Li.Co.)
• 1st Place - Gerda Lissner Foundation
• 2nd Place - Marie Kraja International Competition, Albania
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3rd Place - Leyla Gencer International Competition, Istanbul
• Grant - Agnes Varis Trust, Richard Tucker Foundation
• Grant - Georg Solti Foundation, Belgium
• Grant - National Organization of Italian American Women
• Finalist - George London Foundation
• Semi-finalist - Operalia: Fondazione Arena di Verona and Quebec
• National Semi-Finalist - Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
• CONDUCTORS DIRECTORS COACHES TEACHERS
• Giampaolo Bisanti Giancarlo DelMonaco Joan Dornemann Mariella Devia (current)
• Joseph Colaneri Guy Montavon Luisella Germano Mirella Freni
• Paul Nadler William Relton Kamal Khan Renata Scotto
• Alexander Prior Bernard Uzan Anthony Manoli Diana Soviero (current)
• Sesto Quatrini Francesca Zambello Bruno Nicoli Maria Spacagna

Hailed by the New York Times for her, “agile coloratura and shimmering sound”, Italian-American soprano JESSICA ROSE CAMBIO is thrilling audiences and critics alike with her, “full-bodied Italianate soprano” (WQXR New York) and “depth, oozing sex appeal, sudden and disarming flashes of vulnerability, impressive development of the pathos of the character throughout, powerful soprano in top form vocally and largely at ease at the top and with something spicy in the colour of the voice that makes her genuinely exciting to hear” (Bachtrack London).

Ms. Cambio’s 2022-2023 season included a role debut as Chrysothemis in Richard Strauss' Elektra under the baton of Alexander Prior and the stage direction of Giancarlo DelMonaco as well as the title role in the World Premiere of Nestor Taylor's opera Eleni, based on Nicholas Gage's New York Bestseller about the immigration and execution of his mother Eleni Gaztoyianni during the Greek Civil War with Theater Erfurt. She also jumped in as Mimì in La Bohème in Volkstheater Rostock.

During her 2021-2022 season she performed eight roles including a debut as Agnès Sorel in Tchaikovsky's Орлеанская дева (The Maid of Orléans) in the Domstufen Festspiele Erfurt, a reprise as both the title role in Puccini's Manon Lescaut and a jump in as Violetta Valéry in Verdi’s La Traviata, role debuts as Giulietta in Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann, Rosalinde in Strauss' Die Fledermaus, and the title role in Verdi's Luisa Miller with Theater Erfurt, in addition to jumping in last minute as Mimì in Puccini's La Bohème with Staatstheater Meiningen and Lucia in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor with Theater Osnabrück as well as a Gala Konzert with the St. Galler Festspiele in Switzerland.

Previous engagements include a role and house debut as Manon in Manon Lescaut with Oper Frankfurt, Alice Ford in Falstaff with Theater Osnabrück, a debut as Liù in Turandot with Tulsa Opera, and over 50 performances of Mimì in La Bohème with Semperoper Dresden, in Francesca Zambello's production at Royal Albert Hall, in the theaters of Como, Brescia, Pavia, Cremona, Knoxville, Sarasota, in concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and on tour throughout Europe and Asia.

Other notable performances include Nedda in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci with both New York City Opera and New Orleans Opera, Violetta in La Traviata with Opera På Skäret in Sweden and West Green House Opera in London, Lina in Verdi’s Stiffelio, Giselda in I Lombardi alla prima crociata, Imogene in Bellini's Il Pirata, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Magda in La Rondine, Beatriz in Catán's La Hija de Rappaccini, and Monica in Respighi’s La Fiamma. Equally at home in the Belcanto repertoire as she is in Verismo, Ms. Cambio has made debuts in Lucia di Lammermoor, Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda with the Fondazione Arena di Verona, and Parisina d'Este with the Opera Orchestra of New York.

A seasoned concertist, she has performed at the homes of Giuseppe Verdi and Luciano Pavarotti, in Torino, Bologna, Torre del Lago, Modena, Rome, Helsinki, Stockholm, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tel Aviv, Bangkok, Istanbul, Tirana, in London at the Barbican, in honor of the United Nations at Carnegie Hall, and for the Maserati Centennial in the Forbidden Palace in Beijing, China. She has sung Strauss' Vier Letzte Lieder and Respighi's Il Tramonto, made her oratorio debut in Bach's Magnificat at the Duomo di Modena, and has been featured on WQXR, La Voce di New York, and Italy's RAI 3.

Cambio has garnered prizes and grants in vocal competitions worldwide from organizations like the Richard Tucker, George London, Gerda Lissner, Licia Albanese-Puccini, Giulio Gari, Leiderkranz, and Georg Solti Foundations, Marie Kraja, Leyla Gencer, Loren Zachary Society, Anna Sosenko Assist Trust, and Opera Index. She was a finalist in the Voci Verdiane and the Juliàn Gayarré, and a semi-finalist in Operalia, Francisco Viñas, Dallas Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She was recently awarded a grant from the National Organization of Italian-American Women for her outstanding professional studies in Italian Literature.

In addition to performing, Cambio conducts public Masterclasses, teaches at the International Vocal Arts Institute in New York, the Premiere Opera Vocal Arts Institute in Italy, and the Fundación Ibáñez-Atkinson in Santiago, Chile and maintains her own private studio. She holds a Master of Music from the University of Southern California, a Master of Arts in Italian Literature from Hunter College, and several post graduate certificates and honorary degrees from around the world. After many years in Italy as a pupil of world renowned sopranos Renata Scotto and Mirella Freni, she currently makes her home in Berlin, Germany as a student of Diana Soviero and Mariella Devia.

Cambio is also the creator and host of OPERINA, a new opera podcast for kids, available on Spotify, Apple iTunes, and wherever you listen to your daily podcasts.