Biography - Jenny Samuel
Mezzo soprano Jenny Samuel lives in Hampshire and studied at Birmingham Conservatoire, with Mary King (vocal expert for BBC Cardiff Singer of the World) and she recently gained a distinction for a Masters of Music in performance at the University of Southampton.
Jenny has sung with English Touring Opera, Buxton Festival Opera, Swansea City Opera, London Opera Players, English National Opera, Carl Rosa Opera, Pavilion Opera, European Chamber Opera, Vox Lirika, International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival and at the Spoleto Festival, Italy.
Roles include Mrs Noye in Noye’s Fludde, Katisha in The Mikado, Ruth in The Pirates of Penzance, Buttercup in HMS Pinafore, title role in La Cenerentola, Marcellina in The Marriage of Figaro, Berta in The Barber of Seville, Pauline in The Queen of Spades, Kitchen Boy/Third Nymph in Rusalka, Adalgisa in Norma, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Third Lady in The Magic Flute, title role in Handel’s Radamisto, and Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly.
Oratorio solos include Elijah, Messiah, Christmas Oratorio, Mozart's Requiem, Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, Vivaldi's Gloria, Haydn's Harmony Mass and Purcell's Hail! Bright Cecilia.
Jenny also sings regularly for Music in Hospitals and is in much demand as a singing teacher.
Jenny has sung with English Touring Opera, Buxton Festival Opera, Swansea City Opera, London Opera Players, English National Opera, Carl Rosa Opera, Pavilion Opera, European Chamber Opera, Vox Lirika, International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival and at the Spoleto Festival, Italy.
Roles include Mrs Noye in Noye’s Fludde, Katisha in The Mikado, Ruth in The Pirates of Penzance, Buttercup in HMS Pinafore, title role in La Cenerentola, Marcellina in The Marriage of Figaro, Berta in The Barber of Seville, Pauline in The Queen of Spades, Kitchen Boy/Third Nymph in Rusalka, Adalgisa in Norma, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Third Lady in The Magic Flute, title role in Handel’s Radamisto, and Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly.
Oratorio solos include Elijah, Messiah, Christmas Oratorio, Mozart's Requiem, Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, Vivaldi's Gloria, Haydn's Harmony Mass and Purcell's Hail! Bright Cecilia.
Jenny also sings regularly for Music in Hospitals and is in much demand as a singing teacher.