Gweneth-Ann Jeffers Among the best of
today's young British singers, Gweneth-Ann Jeffers is noted for her
commanding voice and vivid personality. She has already been heard in
an exceptionally wide range of repertoire including leading roles for
Welsh National Opera and Oper Köln as well as concert engagements in
Britain, Europe, Australia and Japan. In the 07/08 season she made
several role debuts: as Gutrune GÖTTERDÄMMERUNGat the BBC Proms with Donald Runnicles; the title roles in TOSCAat the Teatro São Carlos in Lisbon; the title role in LA GIOCONDA for Opera Holland Park; and the title role in PORGY AND BESSfor the Basel Chamber Orchestra and the Macedonian Philharmonic. She also performed Messiaen's HARAWIas part of the Southbank Centre's composer centenary celebrations From the Canyons to the Stars and at the 2008 BBC Proms.
A
music graduate of the University of Exeter and Goldsmith's College,
London, Gweneth-Ann Jeffers completed a postgraduate Diploma in Vocal
Training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. As well as
receiving prizes including the 1999 Maggie Teyte, Ian Fleming and Sybil
Tutton Awards, she represented England in the 2001 Cardiff Singer of
the World Competition and was a member of the Royal Opera's Young
Artist Programme.
Gweneth-Ann's operatic roles include Leonora IL TROVATOREfor Welsh National Opera, the title role in ARIADNE AUF NAXOS with the Orchestre de Picardie, Leonora LA FORZA DEL DESTINOfor Oper Köln and appearances for the Royal Opera Covent Garden in ELEKTRAand DAPHNE. For Guildhall she also sang the title role in LA NAVARRAISE.
Her concert engagements emphasise her authority in a rich variety of repertoire. They include the VERDI REQUIEM in Truro Cathedral; EIN DEUTSCHES REQUIEM and VIER LETZTE LIEDER in Canterbury Cathedral; Messiaen's HARAWI at the Cheltenham Festival and at the Wigmore Hall; a Michael Berkeley programme with the Endymion Ensemble; Zemlinsky's DER KÖNIG KAUDALES in Gran Canaria; the DVORAK STABAT MATER in Madrid; Tippett's A CHILD OF OUR TIME with the NDR Hannover, the CBSO and with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra under Robin Ticciati; Britten's WAR REQUIEM in Warsaw; and Mahler's DAS KLAGENDE LIED
in Rome and at the BBC Proms. She has appeared regularly at the Proms
as well as at the Aldeburgh, Cheltenham and Edinburgh Festivals.
Recent engagements include Gweneth's first Senta in DER FLIEGENDE HOLLAENDER London's Barbican Hall with London Lyric Opera conducted by Lionel Friend; role debuts in Boito's MEFISTOFELEin Erfurt, and her debut in the title role of AIDAwith
Theater Bremen. Further highlights include a seven-concert residency at
the Perth Festival, Australia; recitals at the Chelsea and Henley
Festival and at the Wigmore Hall; and two further engagements with the
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (the European premiere of Elliott
Carter's OF REWAKING, and Vaughan Williams's THIRD SYMPHONY. She sang Poulenc's GLORIA for the Gloucester Three Choirs Festival and Schoenberg's GURRELIEDER with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under Markus Stenz, and also in Japan. Future plans include the title for in AIDA for Theater Kiel and Leonore in LA FORZA DEL DESTINOwith Opera Holland Park.
Gweneth-Ann Jeffers Among the best of
today's young British singers, Gweneth-Ann Jeffers is noted for her
commanding voice and vivid personality. She has already been heard in
an exceptionally wide range of repertoire including leading roles for
Welsh National Opera and Oper Köln as well as concert engagements in
Britain, Europe, Australia and Japan. In the 07/08 season she made
several role debuts: as Gutrune GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG at the BBC Proms with Donald Runnicles; the title roles in TOSCA at the Teatro São Carlos in Lisbon; the title role in LA GIOCONDA for Opera Holland Park; and the title role in PORGY AND BESS for the Basel Chamber Orchestra and the Macedonian Philharmonic. She also performed Messiaen's HARAWI as part of the Southbank Centre's composer centenary celebrations From the Canyons to the Stars and at the 2008 BBC Proms.