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Jennifer Wallace
Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Wallace has performed with the LA Opera Chorus since the company's inaugural production of Otello in 1986. One of Southern California’s most versatile vocal artists, she has performed as a soloist in a variety of styles; from major oratorios to musical theater and from grand opera to children’s theatre. Television appearances include NBC’s Chuck and Penn Jillette’s NBC game show Identity. She has also performed as a vocalist on numerous motion picture soundtracks as well as on recordings by artists such as Busta Rhymes and Josh Grobin.
She brought “gravitas, nuance and point” to the leading role of Eleanor Roosevelt in the world première of The First Lady, a chamber opera by Kenneth Wells. She also appeared as a Reporter in the world première of Stephen Schwartz’s Séance on a Wet Afternoon with Opera Santa Barbara. She has been featured soloist for many pops concerts with "King of the Keyboards" Bob Ralston (of The Lawrence Welk Show).
A longtime private voice student of David Romano, Jennifer attended CalArts and the Music Academy of the West, was the winner of the 1994 Opera Guild Competition and apprenticed in the Tulsa Opera Young Artists Program in 1992.
Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Wallace has performed with the LA Opera Chorus since the company's inaugural production of Otello in 1986. One of Southern California’s most versatile vocal artists, she has performed as a soloist in a variety of styles; from major oratorios to musical theater and from grand opera to children’s theatre. Television appearances include NBC’s Chuck and Penn Jillette’s NBC game show Identity. She has also performed as a vocalist on numerous motion picture soundtracks as well as on recordings by artists such as Busta Rhymes and Josh Grobin.
She brought “gravitas, nuance and point” to the leading role of Eleanor Roosevelt in the world première of The First Lady, a chamber opera by Kenneth Wells. She also appeared as a Reporter in the world première of Stephen Schwartz’s Séance on a Wet Afternoon with Opera Santa Barbara. She has been featured soloist for many pops concerts with "King of the Keyboards" Bob Ralston (of The Lawrence Welk Show).
A longtime private voice student of David Romano, Jennifer attended CalArts and the Music Academy of the West, was the winner of the 1994 Opera Guild Competition and apprenticed in the Tulsa Opera Young Artists Program in 1992.