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In the 2017/2018 season, following her performances of the same title role with Nashville Opera, Ms. Rowley returned to The Metropolitan Opera in their new production of Tosca where she presented a “magnificent” (ZealNYC) portrayal.
Read MoreJul | 29
Aug | 4, 2018
Medea
Teatro Nuovo
Purchase, NY
Sep | 13, 16, 19, 22, 2018
Leonora
Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Florence, Italy
Oct | 14, 2018
New York Singing Teachers' Association
New York, NY
Jan | 23, 26, 2019
Title Role
The Metropolitan Opera
New York, NY
Mar | 18, 23, 26, 29
Apr | 2, 6, 2019
Tosca
The Metropolitan Opera
New York, NY
April | 11
with Fabio Luisi, conductor
Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Florence, Italy
…Jennifer Rowley, who made a suitably volatile diva, all petty jealousies, tempestuous outbursts and coy pieties in Act 1, (the comedy of the sexes was played to good effect), and in a very different way, tempestuous and passionate in the second and third acts, as avenger, lover and victim. I particularly liked the orchestra’s relationship with her voice: the gusts…
Read More“From start to finish her Leonora was a potent and confident woman, singing passionately in her opening aria to mirror the intense love she felt for Manrico. Verdi’s vocal line ascends throughout “Tacea la notte” to mirror Leonora’s sense of hope and aspiration, and Rowley was right on point with this sense of elation. She retained a tempo that helped…
Read More“Up and coming American soprano Jennifer Rowley has boldly claimed for herself a new, career-changing role. Puccini’s Tosca is a monumental climb for a soprano, a career-defining mountain if, perhaps, not the toughest vocal peak. The opera greats, including Callas, have used the role to cement a career. Rowley, taking on the role at the Metropolitan Opera House for a…
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