Jessica Robins Milanese, lyric coloratura soprano, debuted with Skagit Opera as Papagena in their production of The Magic Flute.  Since then, Jessica has performed the roles of Héro (Béatrice et Bénédict), Blonde (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Lucy (The Telephone), Norina (Don Pasquale), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro). As a young artist with Seattle Opera, Jessica performed the role of Pamina in their adaptation of The Magic Flute and returned as a guest artist the following season to sing the role of Barbarina in their Young Artist’s production of Le Nozze di Figaro.  Other recent roles include Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Marie (Daughter of the Regiment, Gretel (Hansel and Gretel) and as a preview artist with the Seattle Opera Guild, Olympia (Les Contes d’ Hoffmann) and Nanetta (Falstaff).

 On the concert stage, Jessica has performed as a soloist with the Bremerton Symphony, Orchestra Seattle, Northwest Sinfonietta, the Yakima Symphony and the Olympia Chamber Orchestra where she recently sang the role of Gabriel in Haydn’s The Creation and Lieschen in J.S. Bach’s Coffee Cantata.  She will be singing her first St. Matthew Passion with Orchestra Seattle in April 2007.

 Jessica grew up in Missoula , Montana , received her Bachelor of Music from the University of Colorado , Boulder and has studied with William Eddy of Tacoma , Washington for the past nine years.

Jessica Robins Milanese, Soprano