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With a voice that has been hailed by Opera News
Magazine as "a free and unwavering soprano that soars through
glittering sunshine," soprano Jacquelyn Familant enjoys an
international career that spans the genres of opera, oratorio
and chamber music. The young soprano began her professional career
immediately upon graduation from the Curtis Institute of Music
when she was engaged by the Staatsoper Stuttgart for a three year
principal artist contract. Among the many roles performed, she
debuted as Sandman and the Dew Fairy in Hansel und Gretel
and went on to perform such roles as Aloysia in Masaniello
furioso, Servilia in La clemenza di Tito, and Euridice
in Monteverdi's L'Orfeo. Other international opera credits
include Eurydice in Orphee et Eurydice with the Festival
Lyrique-en-Mer, Blonde in Die Entfuehrung aus dem Serail
with Opera Brooklyn, Ilia in Idomeneo, Zerlina in Don
Giovanni with Modus Opera, and Blanche de la Force in Les
Dialogues des Carmelites. Ms. Familant has won numerous awards
and scholarships including a prize in the 2006 Charles A. Lynam
Vocal Competition. This gifted young performer was also honored
in Europe as a Star of Tomorrow by the ARTE Film and Broadcasting
Network and featured in an international television portrait.
Ms. Familant has garnered special praise for her
interpretations of Baroque and Classical opera roles: for her
performance as Aloysia in the critically acclaimed Stuttgart production
of Masaniello furioso, Das Opernglas Magazine noted that
"Familant completely convinced in the role of Aloysia through
the youthful ease and natural beauty of her singing. As Euridice
in L'Orfeo, Familant's performance was described by the
Reutlinger General as "compellingly beautiful" and Opernwelt
Magazine declared her "a vocally wonderful, flexible and
diaphanous Euridice." For her international telecast performance
in Stars of Tomorrow, singing the Gavotte from Manon
and as Zerlina in highlights from Don Giovanni, Music Today
Magazine singled out the soprano as "the one to watch: a
radiant young soprano with a special gift."
Equally at home on the recital stage, Jacquelyn
Familant is known for her commitment to exploring and performing
a vast array of concert repertoire. Ms. Familant has performed
in recital with Borderless Song, Modus Opera, Staatsoper Stuttgart,
Festival Lyrique-en-Mer, the Vermont Festival of the Arts, and
the Chamber Music Society of Philadelphia. In the genre of oratorio,
Ms. Familant has sung as the soprano soloist in Mozart's Requiem,
Coronation Mass, & Vesperae Solennes de Domenica, as
well Orff's Carmina Burana, Vivaldi's Gloria, Faure's
Requiem, and the Rutter Requiem. The soprano has
a particular affinity for performing modern composition and has
collaborated with such composers as Ned Rorem, Stefania de Kenessey,
Michael Sydney Timpson, and Donald St. Pierre. Devoted to the
preservation and continuation of the classical tradition, Ms.
Familant regularly performs contemporary repertoire and has had
several pieces written for her including Timpson's Four Poems
of Dorothy Parker and St. Pierre's Songs on the Poems of
e.e. cummings.
Upcoming engagements for the soprano consist of
two concerts with the American Modern Ensemble featuring works
by Bernstein, Haber and Bolcom, as well as the U.S. premiere of
Richard Cameron Wolfe's cantata A Measure of Love and Silence
at Symphony Space in New York City. In June, Ms. Familant will
join the Inspiration Arts Festival of Ontario as Zerlina in Don
Giovanni and will also be involved in several concerts.
Ms. Familant also enjoys success as a commercial
model, actress and voice-over artist: she has appeared internationally
in print, television, radio and film. A passionate advocate for
music education, Ms. Familant also maintains a private voice studio
and is a frequent visiting lecturer at select voice programs around
the world.
Jacquelyn Familant was born in Newport News, Virginia
and grew up in Clearwater, Florida. She holds a Bachelor of Music
degree from the Eastman School of Music and a Master of Music
degree from the Curtis Institute of Music.
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