JANE MONARI, MEZZO SOPRANO
American Mezzo Soprano Jane Monari hails from Philadelphia. Jane graduated from the Juilliard School with a Bachelor of Music in voice performance with scholastic distinction. During her time at Juilliard, she was a Morse Fellow and a Teaching Assistant for Music Theory and Italian Vocal Literature. Jane graduated from the Master of Arts programme at the Royal Academy of Music, where she received Distinction and a DipRAM. She is a graduate of the Alexander Gibson Opera School at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Jane has appeared as a soloist in concert with the City of Glasgow Chorus and the Orchestra of Scottish Opera, singing the alto solos Händel’s Israel in Egypt, the Beethoven Missa Solemnis, the Mozart Requiem, and Die Erste Walpurgisnacht by Mendelssohn. She also sang the role of Cyrus in Händel's Belshazzar with the Thomas Coats Memorial Choral Society. Jane was the winner of the 2012 Ludmilla Andrew Russian Song Prize at the Royal Academy of Music. She has performed in masterclasses with Gerald Finley, Susan Bullock, Ann Murray, Barbara Bonney, Helmut Deutsch, Phillip Thomas, and Daniel Ferro. In October 2013, Jane participated in the Oxford Lieder Master Course led by Roger Vignoles.
Jane's operatic roles include Helene (Cover) in Marx in London! (Scottish Opera), Niña C2 in Ainadamar (Role - Welsh National Opera, Cover - Scottish Opera), Suor Dolcina in Suor Angelica (Scottish Opera), Filippyevna in Eugene Onegin (Opera Holland Park Young Artist), Suzuki in Madam Butterfly (Opera Up Close), Carmen in Carmen (Opera at the King's Head); La Tasse Chinoise in L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (The Virtual Opera Project), The Page in Rigoletto (Scottish Opera); Paquette (Cover) in Candide (Scottish Opera), Inez (Cover) in The Gondoliers (Scottish Opera), Vittoria (Cover) in The Gondoliers (Scottish Opera), Third Boy (Cover) in The Magic Flute (Scottish Opera), Voice 3 (Cover) in The Diary of One Who Disappeared (Scottish Opera), The Prince in Cendrillon (Fife Opera); Popova in The Bear (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), The Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi (Juilliard Opera Workshop), Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Juilliard Opera Workshop), Veronica in Sunday Excursion (Juilliard Opera Workshop), Sally in A Hand of Bridge (Juilliard Opera Workshop), and the Maid in Schwergewicht (Juilliard Opera Center).
For more details about Jane's performance experience, please download her Curriculum Vitae by clicking the link below.
Jane has appeared as a soloist in concert with the City of Glasgow Chorus and the Orchestra of Scottish Opera, singing the alto solos Händel’s Israel in Egypt, the Beethoven Missa Solemnis, the Mozart Requiem, and Die Erste Walpurgisnacht by Mendelssohn. She also sang the role of Cyrus in Händel's Belshazzar with the Thomas Coats Memorial Choral Society. Jane was the winner of the 2012 Ludmilla Andrew Russian Song Prize at the Royal Academy of Music. She has performed in masterclasses with Gerald Finley, Susan Bullock, Ann Murray, Barbara Bonney, Helmut Deutsch, Phillip Thomas, and Daniel Ferro. In October 2013, Jane participated in the Oxford Lieder Master Course led by Roger Vignoles.
Jane's operatic roles include Helene (Cover) in Marx in London! (Scottish Opera), Niña C2 in Ainadamar (Role - Welsh National Opera, Cover - Scottish Opera), Suor Dolcina in Suor Angelica (Scottish Opera), Filippyevna in Eugene Onegin (Opera Holland Park Young Artist), Suzuki in Madam Butterfly (Opera Up Close), Carmen in Carmen (Opera at the King's Head); La Tasse Chinoise in L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (The Virtual Opera Project), The Page in Rigoletto (Scottish Opera); Paquette (Cover) in Candide (Scottish Opera), Inez (Cover) in The Gondoliers (Scottish Opera), Vittoria (Cover) in The Gondoliers (Scottish Opera), Third Boy (Cover) in The Magic Flute (Scottish Opera), Voice 3 (Cover) in The Diary of One Who Disappeared (Scottish Opera), The Prince in Cendrillon (Fife Opera); Popova in The Bear (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), The Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi (Juilliard Opera Workshop), Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Juilliard Opera Workshop), Veronica in Sunday Excursion (Juilliard Opera Workshop), Sally in A Hand of Bridge (Juilliard Opera Workshop), and the Maid in Schwergewicht (Juilliard Opera Center).
For more details about Jane's performance experience, please download her Curriculum Vitae by clicking the link below.
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