Soprano Jacqueline Bruce
enjoys an international career spanning the genres of opera, oratorio
and chamber music. The sopranos opera credits include Madame
Lidoine in Francis Poulencs Dialogues des Carmélites
with Sakrale Oper Berlin, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte
with Festa Lirica Italiana, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni
with the Martina Arroyo Foundation, Micaëla in Carmen
with Saint Petersburg Opera, Juliette in Roméo et Juliette
with Opera Company of Brooklyn, Flora Bervoix in La traviata
with Opera Tampa, Eurydice in Orphée et Eurydice
with the Festival Lyrique-en-Mer, Norina in Don Pasquale
with Taconic Opera, and Nedda in I Pagliacci with Festa
Lirica Italiana. Ms. Bruce began her career as a principal soloist
with the Staatsoper Stuttgart performing several lead and
supporting roles.
Ms. Bruce can be heard on the Naxos recording
of Tony Carusos Final Broadcast, an opera by Paul
Salerni. The soprano has won prestigious awards including First
Prize at the Classical Singer Magazine Competition. Ms.
Bruce was also honored in Germany & France as a Star of
Tomorrow by the arte television channel and was featured
in a video portrait with rising international opera stars.
Equally at home on the concert stage, Jacqueline
Bruce is known for her commitment to exploring and performing
a vast array of repertoire. As an oratorio singer, she has been
heard in Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Zeisl's Requiem Ebraico,
Richard Cameron Wolfes A Measure of Love and Silence,
Rossini and Poulencs Stabat Mater, as well as the
requiems of Mozart, Fauré and Rutter; Mozarts Vespere
Sollenes de Domenica, Handel's Messiah, Carmina
Burana by Orff, & Vivaldis Gloria.
Ms. Bruce has performed in concert with Opera Classica
Europa, Berlin Philharmonic, Z1 Discovery concert series,
Tarpon Arts, Ocala Symphony Orchestra, New Jersey State Opera,
American Modern Ensemble, the American Music Festival,
Summer Stars of Ocean Grove, Borderless Song of Toronto, Forecast
New Music, Festival Lyrique-en-Mer, the Vermont Festival of the
Arts, and the Chamber Music Society of Philadelphia. The soprano
has graced the stages of Carnegie Hall, the Philadelphia
Academy of Music, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Great
Auditorium of Ocean Grove, St. Petersburg Palladium, The Kaye
Playhouse, and the Straz Center, among others.
Beyond the Classical tradition, Ms. Bruce is also
committed to the evolution of the genre by collaborating frequently
with contemporary composers. She has premiered several new works,
including Yotam Haber's The Gourmands Lament, Richard
Cameron Wolfes A Measure of Love and Silence, and
Donald St. Pierres Songs on the Poems of e.e. cummings,
among others.
Ms. Bruce is known for her all-Scottish song recital,
Heritage: a Celebration of Scotland in Song which she has
performed internationally to great acclaim. Jacqueline will perform
Heritage with pianist Michael Stewart at the Tarpon Springs
Performing Arts Center this May. At the moment, she is currently
developing an all-female composers recital: HerStory: Womens
Work which features a companion visual program of all female
artists works. This Fall, Ms. Bruce will return to Germany
to tour internationally with Sinfonietta VivazzA in a concert
of Artur Schnabel songs arranged specifically for the soprano.
Jacqueline Bruce holds a Master of Music from Curtis Institute
of Music and a Bachelor of Music from Eastman School of Music.
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