Jessica Robinson
Soprano from Wales - 32 years old.
Jessica Robinson from Wales
Performing Solveig's song from Peer Gynt by Grieg. 大象传媒 Cardiff Singer of the World 2023.
I was born in Pembrokeshire and graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama with a first-class honours degree and distinction in MA Opera Performance. At RWCMD I was awarded the Aneurin Davies Memorial Award; The Mansel Thomas Prize; The Margaret Tann Award; the Elias Soprano Award and was the 2016 Prince of Wales Scholar. In 2022 I won the Welsh Singers Competition.
My operatic performances include Rose Lakmé, Rosina The Barber of Seville and Despina Così fan tutte, for Swansea City Opera; Heavenly Voice Don Carlos and Tetka 闯别苍暖蹿补 for Grange Park Opera; Spell for Reality Spell Book and Siren La liberazione di Ruggiero for Longborough Festival Opera; and Worker/Semi Chorus Gair ar Gnawd for Welsh National Opera/S4C.
I’m a regular soloist in oratorio and concert performances throughout the United Kingdom. Highlights include Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music for 大象传媒 Radio 3 with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; 1000 Male Voice Choir Gala at the Royal Albert Hall; soloist in Handel’s Messiah at Wales Millennium Centre and a performance for royalty and guests at Buckingham Palace. Internationally, I have performed in New York, China, Switzerland and Italy.
Away from the stage, I enjoy working with the Forget-me-Not Chorus, walking my sheepdog, Sblot, and the occasional glass of Sauvignon Blanc.
Jessica Robinson
Soprano, 32 oed, Cymru
Cefais fy ngeni yn Sir Benfro a graddio o Goleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru gyda gradd anrhydedd dosbarth cyntaf a rhagoriaeth mewn MA Perfformio Opera. Yn y Coleg Cerdd a Drama, enillais Wobr Goffa Aneurin Davies; Gwobr Mansel Thomas; Gwobr Margaret Tann a Gwobr Soprano Elias. Hefyd, cefais fy newis yn Ysgolor Tywysog Cymru yn 2016. Enillais Gystadleuaeth Cantorion Cymru yn 2022.
Mae fy mherfformiadau operatig yn cynnwys Rose yn Lakmé, Rosina yn The Barber of Seville a Despina yn Così fan tutte, gydag Opera Dinas Abertawe; Heavenly Voice yn Don Carlos a Tetka yn 闯别苍暖蹿补 gydag Opera Grange Park; Spell for Reality yn Spell Book a Siren yn La liberazione di Ruggiero yng Ng诺yl Opera Longborough; a Gweithiwr/Corws Bychan ar gyfer Gair ar Gnawd i Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru/S4C.
Rwy’n unawdydd rheolaidd mewn perfformiadau oratorio a pherfformiadau cyngerdd ledled y Deyrnas Unedig. Mae f’uchafbwyntiau yn cynnwys Serenade to Music Vaughan Williams ar gyfer 大象传媒 Radio 3 gyda Cherddorfa Symffoni Dinas Birmingham; Gala 1000 o Leisiau Corau Meibion yn y Royal Albert Hall; unawdydd yn Messiah Handel yng Nghanolfan Mileniwm Cymru a pherfformiad ar gyfer y teulu brenhinol a’u gwesteion ym Mhalas Buckingham. Yn rhyngwladol, rwyf wedi perfformio yn Efrog Newydd, Tsieina, y Swistir a’r Eidal.
Oddi ar y llwyfan, rwy’n mwynhau gweithio gyda’r Forget-me-Not Chorus, mynd â fy nghi defaid, Sblot, am dro, a chael ambell i wydraid bach o Sauvignon Blanc.