Jessica Jane Jacobs – MIA Artists Management

Jessica Jane Jacobs
Soprano

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Lyric soprano Jessica Jane Jacobs has been praised by critics for her radiant voice and captivating stage presence; “In addition to pipes with real heft and warmth, Jacobs has an expressive face, ever interesting to watch” (The Boston Musical Intelligencer).

Ms. Jacobs has performed leading roles with companies such as Long Island Opera, Boston Opera Collaborative, Salt Marsh Opera, Barn Opera, Worcester Schubertiade, Sugar Creek Opera, and NEMPAC Opera Company and has performed in professional ensembles with Boston Lyric Opera and Beth Morrison Productions. In the 2019-20 season, Ms. Jacobs returns to Barn Opera as Pamina inThe Magic Flute, sings The Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors with VOX New England, and returns to Boston Lyric Opera as a member of the ensemble for Norma. Engagements in the 2018-19 season included Micaëla in The Tragedy of Carmen with Barn Opera, Soprano Ensemble in The Handmaid’s Tale with Boston Lyric Opera, First Lady in The Magic Flute with Salt Marsh Opera, Donna Anna inDon Giovanni with Boston Opera Collaborative, and Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus with Worcester Schubertiade (now VOX New England).

Ms. Jacobs has spent two summers in Lucca, Italy with the Opera Theater and Music Festival of Lucca, where she performed the roles of Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro and Norina in Don Pasquale. She returned to Italy in the summer of 2010 as a member of “I Solisiti di Spoleto” at CCM Spoleto’s inaugural season, where she performed scenes from Don Giovanni and Roméo et Juliette with full orchestra in the historic Teatro Nuovo. In the summers of 2012 and 2013, Ms. Jacobs sang with Sugar Creek Opera as an Apprentice Artist, singing the roles of Nella in Gianni Schicchi and covering the role of Love Simpson in Carlisle Floyd’s Cold Sassy Tree.

Ms. Jacobs has received an encouragement award from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and the First place prize from the Vermont Vocal Competition. In additions, she has been a prize winner at the Orpheus Vocal Competition and the Peter Elvins Competition. She has been chosen as a finalist twice in the Metro West Opera Young Artist Competition and was a semi-finalist in the Mildred Miller International Voice Competition.

A graduate of Northwestern University (Bachelors of Music) and the University of Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music (Masters of Music and Artist Diploma), Ms. Jacobs has worked under the tutelage of many excellent musicians.

Ms. Jacobs currently lives in Newton, Massachusetts with her husband, Michael Tybursky, a trombonist, and their two children. She currently studies with Dr. Rebecca Folsom.

"As Mimì, soprano Jessica Jacobs gave the production its soul. Her sensitive portrayal of Puccini’s 'O Soave Fanciulla' was utterly guileless and charming in its simplicity, her acting honest and affecting… her portamenti were seamlessly executed, and her crescendi were, at times, thrilling. A certain otherworldly quality to Jacobs’s sound made the final scene of the opera all the more haunting, as Mimì takes leave of this life and her loved ones."

The Boston Musical Intelligencer

"Jessica Jacobs brought a warm soprano to Armida. She could chew up the scenery when needed, but was affecting as well when heartbroken over Rinaldo’s rejection."

Boston Classical Review

"This is Jacobs' initial appearance at Calliope, and hopefully the first of many to come. She is absolutely luminous in the role, full of steely compassion and resolve. When she meets the King's wives, she tells them about her late husband Tom, leading up to her gorgeous rendition of 'Hello, Young Lovers.”

Worcester Telegram and Gazette