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Hailed by the New York Times as a soprano of "gleaming sound, free and easy high notes, agile coloratura runs and lyrical grace," Jessica Pratt is considered one of today's foremost interpreters of some of bel canto's most challenging repertoire.

Since her European debut in 2007 as Lucia di Lammermoor Ms. Pratt's schedule has included performances at opera theatres and festivals such as the Teatro alla Scala of Milan, Zurich Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Vienna State Opera and the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, working with conductors such as Daniel Oren, Nello Santi, Kent Nagano, Sir Colin Davis, Christian Thielemann, Donato Renzetti, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Carlo Rizzi, Antonino Fogliani, Wayne Marshall and David Parry.

In the 2013/14 season Ms Pratt could be heard in new productions of *Lucia di Lammermoor* at La Scala and in Amsterdam, as Amina in *La sonnambula* in Bari, Gilda in *Padova*, in the season opening of La Fenice as Inès in Meyerbeer's *L'Africaine*, as Musetta in *La Bohème* in Salerno, in her role debut as Violetta in *La Traviata* in Melbourne, as Zenobia in *Aureliano in Palmira* at the Pesaro Rossini Opera Festival as well as in recitals in Tokyo and Florence with Vincenzo Scalera.

In 2014/15 the soprano made her role debuts as Cleopatra in Handel's *Giulio Cesare* at the Teatro Regio in Turin and as Amenaide in Rossini's *Tancredi* at the Opéra de Lausanne. Other performances included Donna Anna in *Don Giovanni* and Giulietta in *I Capuleti e i Montecchi* at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice; Elvira in *I Puritani* in Florence and in Melbourne; *Lucia di Lammermoor* at the Rome Opera House and at the Festival Granda in Lima; her role and festival debut as Rosina in *Il barbiere di Siviglia* at the Arena di Verona, where she could also be heard as soprano soloist in *Carmina burana*; the soprano solo in Rossini’s *Messa di Gloria* alongside Juan Diego Florez and *La morte di Didone* at the Rossini Opera Festival; as well as concerts in Milan, Bonn, and London.

Performances of the 2015/16 season include Jessica Pratt's returns to Florence, Turin and Melbourne as *Lucia di Lammermoor*, her debuts at the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona in Desdemona in Rossini's *Otello*, at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia Valencia in Mozart's *Davidde penitente* and at the ABAO Bilbao as Amina in *La sonnambula*, her role debuts as *Semiramide* at the Opéra de Marseille and later at the Washington Concert Opera and as *Linda di Chamounix* at the Rome Opera House; and concerts in Oviedo and Moscow.

Future engagements include her debut at the Metropolitan Opera House New York as Queen of the Night in *The Magic Flute*, Semiramide at the Florence Opera House, Rosmonda d'Inghilterra at the Donizetti Festival Bergamo and a concert with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.

Her discography includes CD recordings of Rossini's *Otello* and Vaccai's *La sposa di Messina*, DVD/Blu-Ray recordings of Rossini's *Adelaide di Borgogna*, Ciro in Babilonia and *Aureliano in Palmira* from the Rossini Opera Festival, the 2012 New Year's Gala from Teatro La Fenice, Donizetti's *Viva la mamma* from Teatro alla Scala Milan as well as Bellini's *La Sonnambula* from La Fenice. In January 2016 her first solo album *Serenade* will be released on Opus Arte.
Ms. Pratt is the winner of numerous international vocal competitions, including the Australian Singing Competition, the Vienna State Opera Award, and the Rome Opera Award.

In May 2013 she was awarded the prestigious international prize for coloratura sopranos “La Siola d'Oro – Lina Pagliughi”.

She completed her vocal studies in Italy working with Maestro Gianluigi Gelmetti at Rome Opera as well as with Renata Scotto and is now studying with Lella Cuberli. British-born and raised in Australia, Ms. Pratt currently resides in Florence, Italy, with her adopted dogs, Daisy and Buddy.
