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date = "2019-02-23T19:14:16+00:00"
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Baritone Jesse Blumberg enjoys a busy schedule of opera, concerts, and recitals, performing repertoire from the Renaissance and Baroque to the 20th and 21st centuries. His performances have included the world premiere of _The Grapes of Wrath_ at Minnesota Opera, Bernstein’s _MASS_ at London’s Royal Festival Hall, various productions with Boston Early Music Festival, and featured roles with Atlanta Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Opera Atelier, and Boston Lyric Opera. Jesse has made concert appearances with American Bach Soloists, Boston Baroque, Apollo’s Fire, Oratorio Society of New York, Montréal Baroque Festival, Arion Baroque, Early Music Vancouver, Pacific MusicWorks, and on Lincoln Center’s _American Songbook_ series. His recital highlights include appearances with the Marilyn Horne Foundation and New York Festival of Song, and performances of _Die schöne Müllerin_ and _Winterreise_ with pianist Martin Katz. Jesse has given the world premieres of Ricky Ian Gordon’s _Green Sneakers_, Lisa Bielawa’s _The Lay of the Love and Death_, Conrad Cummings’ _Positions 1956_, and Tom Cipullo’s _Excelsior_, and works closely with several other renowned composers as a member of the Mirror Visions Ensemble.

In 2018 Jesse returns to American Bach Soloists, Opera Atelier, TENET, New York Festival of Song, Berkshire Choral Festival and Oratorio Society of New York, debuts with Portland Baroque Orchestra, Voices of Music, and The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. He also collaborates with the Diderot String Quartet for concerts in New Hampshire, New York and Washington, D.C., and performs recitals in Iowa, Minnesota, Connecticut, and Paris.

Jesse has been featured on [nearly twenty commercial recordings](http://jesseblumberg.com/media/), including the 2015 Grammy-winning Charpentier Chamber Operas with Boston Early Music Festival. His recent releases include Bach cantatas with Montréal Baroque, _Winterreise_ with pianist Martin Katz, Rosenmüller cantatas with ACRONYM, and _St. John Passion_ with Apollo’s Fire. He has been recognized in several competitions, and was awarded Third Prize at the 2008 International Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau, becoming its first American prizewinner in over thirty years. Jesse received a Master of Music degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and received undergraduate degrees in History and Music from the University of Michigan. Jesse is also the founder and artistic director of [Five Boroughs Music Festival](http://5bmf.org/), which brings chamber music of many genres to every corner of New York City.