Jessica Rivera Soprano

Hailed by the New York Times as a “vocally luminous young soprano,” Jessica Rivera quickly is establishing herself as one of the most creatively inspired vocal artists before the public today. The intelligence, dimension, and spirituality that she infuses in her performances on the international concert and opera stages has garnered Ms. Rivera unique artistic collaborations with many of today’s most celebrated composers including John Adams, Osvaldo Golijov, and Nico Muhly, and has brought her together in collaboration with such esteemed conductors as Bernard Haitink, Sir Simon Rattle, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Robert Spano, and Michael Tilson Thomas.

Performances of the 2009-10 season include Stravinsky’s Le Rossignol with Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (in Atlanta and at Carnegie Hall); Bach’s Mass in b under with Helmuth Rilling and the orchestra and chorus of the University of Southern California; a program of Copland and Golijov with Robert Spano and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Sir Roger Norrington and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall and with Mr. Haitink and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Adams’s A Flowering Tree with Joana Carneiro and the Gulbenkian Orchestra and Chorus at the Cité de la Musique in Paris; and both Salonen’s Five Images of Sappho and Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with Ms. Carneiro and the Berkeley Symphony. Ms. Rivera also returns to the Los Angeles Philharmonic for performances of Golijov’s celebrated La Pasión según San Marcos with Maria Guinand and joins the San Diego Symphony and Jahja Ling for Mozart’s Requiem.

Ms. Rivera holds numerous titles of distinction including finalist awards in Plácido Domingo's 2004 Operalia World Opera Contest, the 2003 Metropolitan Opera National Council, the 2002 Monte-Carlo Voice Masters Competition, the 2002 Loren L. Zachary Competition and Young Artist of the Year - First Place Winner by NATS, Los Angeles chapter. She received a Master of Music in Vocal Arts from the USC Thornton School of Music, and a BA in Music from Pepperdine University.

For additional information about Ms. Rivera, please visit www.jessicarivera.com.

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