Jennifer France − Soprano

Jennifer is currently on the Opera Course at Royal Academy of Music and is studying with Lillian Watson and Iain Ledingham with a major award from The Countess of Munster Music Trust. Since joining RAM, Jennifer has won the Isabel Jay Opera Prize, the Michael Head prize, is a member of the Song Circle and is a soloist for the Bach Cantata series. Jennifer is also a recent Samling Scholar.

Before coming to RAM, Jennifer studied at the Royal Northern College of Music with Sandra Dugdale, where she won many prizes, including the Cronshaw Song cycle competition and 2nd Prize in the Elizabeth Harwood Award for leavers. Roles at the RNCM include Sandrina (L’infedelta delusa) Adele (Die Fledermaus), Leonie (La belle Helene) and La Pastourella (L’enfant et les sortileges).

Jennifer has performed at Buxton Opera Festival and the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival for the last two years where roles include Geraldine (A Hand of Bridge), Philline (Cover Mignon) and Kate (The Yeomen of the Guard).

Forthcoming roles for RAO include Héro (Beatrice et Benedict) and Papagena (Die Zauberflöte).

Jennifer is kindly supported by The Countess of Munster and Josephine Baker Trust.