Jennifer Rowley
Voice and Opera
Performance
American soprano Jennifer Rowley is acclaimed worldwide for her unforgettable voice and remarkable stage presence in a richly varied repertoire that spans many of opera’s greatest heroines.
She has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera as Roxanne (Cyrano de Bergerac), the title roles in Tosca and Adriana Lecouvreur, Leonora (Il trovatore), and Musetta (La bohème); at Opernhaus Zurich and Opera Philadelphia as Amelia Grimaldi (Simon Boccanegra); at Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona and at Teatro Colon in the title role of Aida; Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Staatsoper Berlin, Opéra national de Paris, and Opéra de Rouen as Leonora (Il trovatore); the Teatro Regio Torino and Beijing’s National Center for the Performing Arts as Minnie (La Fanciulla del West); Teatro Carlo Felice and Palm Beach Opera in the title role of Madama Butterfly; the National Theatre Prague as Amelia (Un Ballo in Maschera); and Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as Musetta, among many others.
On the concert stage, Ms. Rowley has performed Tosca with the Israel Philharmonic led by Zubin Mehta. She was the soprano soloist in Beethoven’s colossal Missa Solemnis with the Philadelphia Orchestra at both the Kimmel Center and New York City’s Carnegie Hall, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. She was the soprano soloist for Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 (“Symphony of a Thousand”) with Fabio Luisi at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, soprano soloist with St. Cecilia Chorus and Orchestra in Verdi’s Requiem at Carnegie Hall and with Valentina Peleggi and the Richmond Symphony, and Tove in Schoenberg’s Gurre-Lieder with the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado São Paulo.
An avid mentor, Ms. Rowley founded and directs the Aria Bootcamp young artist training program which runs annually in Florida. She holds an artist in residence position at Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory and is highly sought after for her seminar series and master classes across the globe. A winner of many international competitions, she was awarded the Richard Tucker Career Grant, was a top prize winner of the Lucia Albanese Puccini Foundation, the Gerda Lissner Foundation, the Opera Index Awards, and was a district winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Awards.
Ms. Rowley joined the Curtis Institute of Music faculty in 2025.
