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Jennifer Davis

Soprano

  • From Cahir in Ireland, Jennifer Davis has been propelled to international attention following a series of sensational roles debuts, earning praise for her gleaming, silvery tone, and dramatic characterisations of remarkable immediacy.


    The 2025/26 season sees Davis make house and role debuts as Elisabeth in Wagner Tannhäuser for Grand Théâtre de Genève & Marie in Berg Wozzeck at the New National Theatre Tokyo, as well as a return to the Irish National Opera for a role debut in the title role in Dvořák Rusalka.

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  • On the concert platform, Davis makes her BBC Proms debut in a performance of Delius A Mass of Life with Sir Mark Elder and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and gives her debut performance of Mahler Symphony No. 2 with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sir Donald Runnicles. Recent concert highlights include Mozart Requiem with the Athens Philharmonic, as well as various performances with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, including Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem, Beethoven Symphony no. 9 at Cadogan Hall and a New Year’s gala concert led by Gavin Maloney.


    Last season Davis made her debut as the title role in Strauss Arabella and appeared as Elsa von Brabant Lohengrin at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. She also made her house debut as Fiordiligi Così fan tutte at the Hamburgische Staatsoper and returned to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in the role of Leonore in Beethoven Fidelio. In the 2023/24 season, Davis made critically acclaimed debuts as the title role in Janáček Jenůfa for the English National Opera, and also as Marguerite Faust for the Irish National Opera. She has won particular acclaim for her interpretation of Elsa von Brabant Lohengrin, which she has sung at the Royal Opera House, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Stuttgart Opera & Opera Ballet Flanders.


    Other recent highlights include Leonore Fidelio for the Wiener Staatsoper, Freia Das Rheingold for Semperoper Dresden, Helmwige The Valkyrie for English National Opera, Pamina Die Zauberflöte for Irish National Opera, Donna Anna Don Giovanni for Opera North, Erste Dame Die Zauberflöte for Welsh National Opera, Countess Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro for Lyric Opera Productions, as well as Lena in Sokolović Svadba for Festival d'Aix en Provence. Her appearances at Wexford Festival Opera include the title role in Dvořák Armida, Adina L'elisir d'amore, and Agata in Cagnoni Don Bucefalo. In future seasons, Davis makes her house debut at Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, and returns to Deutsche Oper Berlin & Irish National Opera.


    Davis is an alumna of Jette Parker Young Artist Programme. Her various roles with the Royal Ballet and Opera have included Elsa von Brabant Lohengrin, Fiordiligi Così fan tutte, Gretel Hänsel und Gretel, Erste Dame Die Zauberflöte, Ifigenia Oreste, Arbate Mitridate, re di Ponto and Ines Il Trovatore.

    2025/26 season / 460 words. Not to be altered without permission.

Performances

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Selected opera repertoire

Beethoven
Leonore Fidelio


Dvořák
Title Role Armida


Janáček
Title Role Jenůfa


Gounod
Marguerite Faust


Humperdinck
Gretel Hänsel und Gretel


Mozart
Fiordiligi Così fan tutte
Donna Anna Don Giovanni 
Countess Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro
Pamina, Erste Dame Die Zauberflöte
Arbate Mitridate, re di Ponto


Puccini
La suora infermiera Suor Angelica


Strauss
Title Role Salome 
Title Role Arabella 


Tchaikovsky
Tatyana Eugene Onegin


Verdi
Ines Il trovatore


Wagner
Elsa von Brabant Lohengrin
Freia Das Rheingold 
Helmwige Die Walküre

Selected concert repertoire

Beethoven
Symphony no. 9                                                                                            Choral Fantasia
Missa Solemnis


Brahms
Ein Deutsches Requiem


Britten
War Requiem


Górecki
Symphony no. 3


Grieg
Haugtussa” song cycle


Haydn 
Nelson Mass
Creation


Mahler
Symphony no. 2                                                                                            Symphony no. 4                                                                                      Symphony no. 8 (Magna Peccatrix)
Rückert Lieder


Mendelssohn
Elijah


Mozart
Requiem


Poulenc
Métamorphoses


Rachmaninoff
6 Romances, Op. 38


Ravel
Shéhérazade


Schoenberg
Tove Gurre-Lieder


Strauss
Four Last Songs
4 Lieder, Op. 27


Vaughan Williams
Dona Nobis Pacem


Verdi
Requiem


Wagner
Wesendonck Lieder

"Davis sings with an extraordinary radiance (hers really is a most beautiful voice) and vivid depth of feeling, so that Jenůfa’s rapture, anguish and eventual strength, moral as well as emotional, all really hit home. Her grief at the death of her baby has a desperate immediacy only achievable through superb artistry. As despair finally yields to love and hope in the closing scenes, the blaze in her tone is simply breathtaking."

 

Tim Ashley, The Guardian, March 2024

Jennifer Davis’s bold distinct soprano filled the Coliseum in an utterly credible performance, but the technique was there to file the voice down in delicate pianissimo that was completely audible. Hers is a voice that glows just as much as her portrayal of the character; her Jenůfa is a beacon in a very murky moral ecosystem.

Dominic Lowe, BachTrack, 14 March 2024

"Jennifer Davis shines in heavyweight night of Wagner...Returning to the role of Elsa, she is the star asset, singing with a spine-tingling combination of power and purity, as well as unfailing musicality."

 

Neil Fisher, The Times, 20 April 2022

Intermusica represents Jennifer Davis worldwide

Nathan Morrison
Director / Head of Vocal & Opera
+44 20 7608 9923
nmorrison@intermusica.com

LeOui van Rensburg
Artist Manager, Vocal & Opera
+44 (0) 7548 315 903
lvan-rensburg@intermusica.com

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Actor / Narrator

Amira Casar

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HK Gruber

Harpsichord

Richard Egarr

Piano accompanist

Roger Vignoles