Jessica Fishenfeld
Young American soprano Jessica Fishenfeld “triumphed” (NY Observer) in her New York City Opera debut in the World Premiere of Stonewall, with “clean coloratura,” (Opera News) and “spunky personality” (Opera Wire). She made a “stand out” (New York Times) off-Broadway debut as Brünnhilde in Das Barbecü with On Site Opera, sang Gilda in an immersive Rigoletto at NYC’s THE BOX, and just completed a run as Sophie in The Savannah Theatre’s Mamma Mia!. She produced and performed in Grateful: The Songs of John Bucchino, 20th Anniversary Virtual Concert, “one of the slickest, best-produced virtual concerts to come out of the last ten months” (Broadway World), alongside Stephen Schwartz, Leslie Odom Jr., Toni Tennille, Ann Hampton Callaway, among other Broadway and Cabaret luminaries, and appeared virtually with New York Festival of Song, Dallas Opera Network, OmniArts Foundation, Opera Carolina, Center for Contemporary Opera, Teatro Grattacielo, and Savannah VOICE Festival. Jessica holds Semi-Finalist prizes in the 2021 American Traditions Competition and 2019 Lotte Lenya Competition. Fishenfeld recently starred the NY Premiere of Barnum’s Bird by Libby Larsen at Circle in the Square, in addition to the World Premiere of Lovesick at National Sawdust. Jessica just released her Debut EP The Nothing Lamp (by Mark Campbell and Joseph N. Rubinstein) with Crossover Records, now available on streaming (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.) as well on CD.
In recent seasons, she made her Carnegie Hall debut as soloist with The Manhattan Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, appeared as soloist with the Helena Symphony in Carmina Burana and Bernstein 100!, Hartford Symphony in Celebrate America!, Birdland, Newport Music Festival, Center for Contemporary Opera, Music for Montauk Festival international orchestras of St. Bart’s Music Festival (West Indes), Xalapa Filarmonía (Mexico), Festival Internacional de Órgano de Morelia (Mexico), and at Palazzo Vecchio (Italy). She sang the roles of Lucia in scenes from Lucia di Lammermoor at Savannah VOICE Festival, Musetta (La bohème) with Long Island Lyric Opera, Zerlina (Don Giovanni) at the Metropolitan Opera Guild, Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) with Miami Classical Music Festival, for which she was hailed for her “crystalline and pure” voice, “large vocal range,” and “spot on comedic timing.”
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