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My bio:
Australian soprano Jessica Harper graduated summa cum laude with a Postgraduate Concert Soloist Diploma from the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp in 2022 and holds a Bachelor of Music Performance with First Class Honours from the Australian National University. She made her debut at the Semperoper Dresden in the new opera chasing waterfalls in 2022 in the principal role of Schein/ Ego Fluens. Jessica’s other repertoire includes Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Casilda (The Gondoliers), Lisa (La Sonnambula), Mrs Norris (Mansfield Park) and the title role in Ben Hoadley’s Miss Brill (written for Jessica). Jessica held the Dame Nellie Melba Scholarship with the Melba Opera Trust in 2018.
Jessica jumped in at the Statstheater Magdeburg to sing the soprano solo in Mahler’s Fourth Symphony in 2022. She has performed the soprano solos in several major oratorio works by Bach and Handel. She was the soprano soloist for Vier Letzte Lieder with the Universitair Symphonish Orkest van der KU, Leuven in April 2024.
Jessica enjoys collaborating with pianists regularly. With Greek pianist Anna Alvizou she launched 'Duo Harper Alvizou' in Antwerp in 2022. The duo have performed in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Poland and have been awarded several prizes in Lied Duo competitions.
Jessica hosts the podcast 'So You Think You Can Belto' with Australian baritone Jeremy Boulton.
Jessica has been a finalist in the Vincerò Competition (Verona 2023), Semi Finalist the Glyndebourne Opera Cup (2020), the Tenor Viñas Singing Competitin (2021), the Éva Marton a competition (2021), The Internationaler Mozart Wettbewerb (2023) and was awarded second prize in the International Rita Gorr Competition in Ghent (2022). She has won, come second or been a finalist in every major Australian competition.