Biography
soprano
Soprano Jennifer Taverner has been described as “resplendent and captivating” (Ottawa Life) and is in high demand as a soloist with orchestras and opera companies across Canada, in works ranging from baroque to contemporary.
As Armida with Pacific Opera Victoria in Handel’s Rinaldo, she “brought great menace to the role… innovative in her cadenzas with an incredibly pure tone and brilliant precision” (Schmopera). Jennifer starred as Lily Pollard in Tapestry Opera’s Bandits in the Valley, a site-specific, folk music meets opera comic production by by Benton Roark and Julie Tepperman.
Jennifer starred in the title role of Elizabeth in Kamouraska (Wilson) with Toronto’s Voicebox:Opera in Concert, and sang Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Cosi fan Tutte in her debut with Edmonton Opera, returning to Pacific Opera Victoria as Siegrune in Wagner’s Die Walküre in 2023.
Jennifer performed in Vivier’s Kopernikus with Against the Grain Theatre at Banff Centre, and in Soundstreams Canada and Signal Theatre’s doublebill of Two Odysseys: Pimooteewin/Gállábártnit (Hui/Byström), two operas sung in Cree and Sàmi, rooted in traditional tales from Canada and Nordic cultures.
Recent concert performances in include Messiah with Victoria Symphony, Chorus Niagara and Ontario Philharmonic, as well as Mozart’s Coronation Mass with Choralworks Collingwood. Jennifer performed Mozart’s Laudate Dominum and Beethoven’s Mass in C with Hamilton’s Bach Elgar Choir, and Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with Niagara Symphony and Mandle Philharmonic.