Georgia Jarman - Eurydice

Soprano

Previously at Portland Opera:  The Barber of Seville, 2004

Hailed by the New York Times for her “luminous, appealing, and agile voice,’ and crystalline coloratura, Georgia Jarman returns to New Orleans Opera for Violetta in La traviata and Opera de Colombia for Mimi in La bohème in the 2008/09 season. She also sings the Three Heroines in Les contes d’Hoffmann with Boston Lyric Opera and in a return to Polish National Opera and Rozenn in Lalo’s Le roi d’Ys with the American Symphony Orchestra in her Avery Fisher Hall debut as well as joins the Metropolitan Opera roster. In the 2007/08 season, she returned to the Polish National Opera for Mathilde in Guillaume Tell and the Three Heroines in Les contes d'Hoffmann, Florentine Opera as Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, and Palm Beach Opera for Violetta in La traviata. She also made her debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Robert Spano in performances of Musetta in La bohème that were released on the Telarc label and sang Elisetta in a new production of Il matrimonio segreto directed by Jonathan Miller at Brooklyn Academy of Music.

A sought-after artist in bel canto repertoire, she has appeared numerous times at Caramoor Music Festival with Will Crutchfield and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s including most recently, as Amenaide in Tancredi alongside Ewa Podles. Her previous engagements at the Caramoor Music Festival include her first performances of La traviata as well as the title role in Handel’s Deidamia, Norina in Don Pasquale, and Amina in La sonnambula. She joined Crutchfield again in her debut with Opera de Colombia for Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, a role she has also sung with New York City Opera along with Adina in L’elisir d’amore, and Portland Opera and has sung Marie in La fille du regiment with Florentine Opera and Indianapolis Opera. She made her European debut as Amelia in Gustave III Ou Le Bal Masque at L'Opéra de Metz in France, following which Opéra International exclaimed, "Georgia Jarman, impeccable singing, velvet timbre, is the most seductive and the most touching Amelie that one could dream of.”

The soprano recently joined Polish National Opera, reprising her celebrated performances of Amenaide in Tancredi, again with Ewa Podles. Her previous performances with Opera de Colombia also include Three Heroines in Les contes d'Hoffmann and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni. She has been a frequent presence on the stage of New York City Opera for numerous other roles that include Cunegonde in Candide, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, and Mélisande in Dukas' Ariane et Barbe-Bleue. Among her other recent engagements are her first performances of Madame Mao in Nixon in China with Cincinnati Opera, the title role in Thais with Palm Beach Opera, and Mimi in La bohème with New Orleans Opera. She has also joined Dallas Opera for Antonia and Olympia in Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Opera Grand Rapids for Violetta in La Traviata, and Gotham Chamber Opera for Fortuna in Mozart's Il sogno di Scipione.

She received a Master of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music and her Bachelor of Music from Boston University.

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