By DAVID DUPONT
BG Independent News
Acclaimed soprano Jennifer Rowley will visit Bowling Green State University to present a vocal master class from 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 24 in Bryan Recital Hall, inside the Moore Musical Arts Center. This event is free and open to the public.
Rowley will perform at 7:15 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Toledo Opera Gala at the Valentine Theatre in Toledo. Her appearance is co-sponsored by the BGSU College of Musical Arts.
Rowley is acclaimed worldwide for her unforgettable voice and remarkable stage presence, singing a richly varied repertoire that includes many of opera’s greatest heroines. In the 2018-19 season, Rowley returned to The Metropolitan Opera for the title roles in Puccini’s “Tosca” and her debut as Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur,” with several additional engagements to follow at The Met through 2020.
In recent seasons, Ms. Rowley sang a trio of European performances as Leonora in “Il trovatore” at Opéra de Lille, Théâtre de Caen in France, and the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, as well as Tove in Schönberg’s “Gurre-Lieder” with the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (OSESP). Additional engagements included debuts as Musetta in La bohème at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Leonora in “Il trovatore” at the West Australian Opera in Perth; and the title role of “Tosca” at the Semperoper Dresden. Other notable successes include the title role of “Tosca” with New Orleans Opera and her title role debut in Barber’s “Vanessa” with Toledo Opera.
A highly-decorated soprano who has been recognized by many international competitions, Rowley was awarded the 2012 Richard Tucker Career Grant, was one of the top prize winners in the 2013 Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation Competition and the 2011 Opera Index Vocal Competition, a winner of the 2011 William Mattheus Sullivan Musical Foundation awards, a first prize winner of the 2011 Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition, a grant winner of the 2011 Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation Competition, and the winner of the 2010 Metropolitan OperaNational Council Auditions for the Michigan District.
Rowley will be performing at the Toledo Opera Gala with pianist Kevin Bylsma, instructor of opera and repetiteur at BGSU, and head of music preparation and chorus master for the Toledo Opera.
