Biography
Winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society's Singer Award, Jennifer Johnston is a former BBC New Generation Artist, and a graduate of Cambridge University and the Royal College of Music. She is particularly well-known for her interpretations of the works of Mahler, Wagner, Britten, and Elgar. She is closely associated with both the Bayerische Staatsoper, where she has sung over 80 performances as a guest artist and with whom she won Recording of the Year at the Gramophone Awards for Korngold's Die Tote Stadt, and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, for whom she was their Artist-In-Residence. She has appeared in leading roles at the Teatro alla Scala, Salzburg Festival, Glyndebourne Festival, English National Opera, and Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. Facetune_10-01-2024-19-09-31_edited_
Performance credits
Upcoming performances Today to 2025
Past performances 2002 — 2024
Semyon Bychkov: Mahlers Sinfonie der Tausend, Mahler
NDR Elbphilharmonie OrchesterMaria Aegyptiaca (Mezzo 2)
View cast and crewRadio 3 In Concert - Easter At King’s – A Stanford Celebration, Stanford, C. V.
BBC Concert OrchestraAlto
View cast and crewBritten’s The Young Person’s Guide, Vaughan WilliamsBrittenDeliusMarsh, Joanna
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraMezzo-Soprano
View program, cast and crewThe Bach Choir: St Matthew Passion, Bach, J. S.
The Bach ChoirAlto (Mezzo-soprano)
View cast and crewKlaus Mäkelä - Jennifer Johnston - Gerald Finley, SchubertBartók
Oslo PhilharmonicJudit (Judith)
View program, cast and crewFeatured past performances
Semyon Bychkov: Mahlers Sinfonie der Tausend, Mahler
NDR Elbphilharmonie OrchesterMaria Aegyptiaca (Mezzo 2)
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Radio 3 In Concert - Easter At King’s – A Stanford Celebration, Stanford, C. V.
BBC Concert OrchestraAlto
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Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide, Vaughan WilliamsBrittenDeliusMarsh, Joanna
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraMezzo-Soprano
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The Bach Choir: St Matthew Passion, Bach, J. S.
The Bach ChoirAlto (Mezzo-soprano)
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Upcoming performances
10Icons Rediscovered: Verdi's Requiem, Verdi
Royal Philharmonic OrchestraMezzo-soprano
View cast and crewMäkelä leidt Mahlers Derde Symfonie, Mahler
ConcertgebouworkestContralto
View cast and crewThe Bach Choir: The Dream of Gerontius, Williams, RoderickElgar
Philharmonia OrchestraThe Angel (Mezzo-Soprano)
View program, cast and crewDie tote Stadt (The Dead City), Korngold
Bavarian State OperaBrigitta
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Biography
Winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society's Singer Award, Jennifer Johnston is a former BBC New Generation Artist, and a graduate of Cambridge University and the Royal College of Music. She is particularly well-known for her interpretations of the works of Mahler, Wagner, Britten, and Elgar. She is closely associated with both the Bayerische Staatsoper, where she has sung over 80 performances as a guest artist and with whom she won Recording of the Year at the Gramophone Awards for Korngold's Die Tote Stadt, and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, for whom she was their Artist-In-Residence. She has appeared in leading roles at the Teatro alla Scala, Salzburg Festival, Glyndebourne Festival, English National Opera, and Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. Facetune_10-01-2024-19-09-31_edited_
