CABIRIA JACOBSEN § mezzo-soprano

Brooklyn native Cabiria Jacobsen discovered opera as a young chorister with the New York City Opera, under the direction of Anthony Piccolo. As a teenager, she attended the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and from there went on to pursue a Bachelor of Music at Northwestern University, where she also received a Bachelor of Arts in Drama. While there, she performed on both the operatic and the concert stage. A co-founder of Boston’s OperaHub, Cabiria performed the role of Idamante in Mozart’s Idomeneo in June 2007.

Cabiria was a summer 2009 Studio Artist with Opera New Jersey, where she performed in scenes from Les contes d’Hoffman, Giulio Cesare, The Pajama Game, and West Side Story, as well as in the choruses of The Mikado and Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail. Cabiria also performs programs of American standards and art song in clubs and churches in the greater Boston and New York areas. Check back soon for audio clips of these concerts.

In the fall of 2009, Cabiria will enter the Resident Artist Training Program at the Tri-Cities Opera in Binghamton, NY, where she will sing the role of Cherubino in their production of Le nozze di Figaro. She will also appear in educational outreach shows, community concerts, and fundraising events.

Cabiria currently studies with Peter Sicilian at Tri-Cities Opera, and was most recently a student of Phyllis Hoffman and Michelle Alexander. At Opera New Jersey, she had the pleasure of coaching with Lynn Baker and Ron Land. Previous study at L'Academie Internationale d'Ete de Nice (English Version) with Lorraine Nubar and Dalton Baldwin, and at Northwestern with Bruce Hall, Pamela Hinchman, Ken Smith and Fred Ockwell.

For more information about hiring Cabiria to sing at your next event and to find out about her private voice studio, email her at cabiriaj@gmail.com

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