Jessica Rivera

Education: Master of Music in Vocal Arts from the USC Thornton School of Music; BA in Music from Pepperdine University

Opera: World Premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar, Le Nozze di Figaro, La Boheme, Carmen, Cosi fan tutte, Nicholas and Alexandra, La Traviata, The Magic Flute, Il barbiere di Sivglia, Peter Grimes, The Queen of Spades, Lohengrin, The Merry Widow, Die Zauberflöte, Gianni Schicchi, Don Giovanni, Nabucco

Concert performances: Mahler’s Sympony No. 4, Haydn’s Die Schopfung, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, Mozart’s Requiem

Performed with: Santa Fe Opera, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Opera Santa Barbara, Auckland (New Zealand) Philharmonia, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New West Symphony, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Pacific Symphony Orchestra

Member: Los Angeles Opera’s Resident Artist Program

Awards and Honors: Finalist, Placido Domingo’s 2004 Operalia World Opera Contest; Finalist, 2003 Metropolitan Opera National Council; Finalist, 2002 Monte-Carlo Voice Masters Competition; Finalist, 2002 Loren L. Zachary Competition; First Place, Young Artist of the Year — NATS, Los Angeles chapter

Quote: “highly accomplished, fully equipped and most promising” — Los Angeles Times

Web site: www.jessicarivera.com