Born in Glasgow, Jeni graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and from the opera course of the Royal College of Music.
Jeni Bern soprano
Born in Glasgow, Jeni graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and from the opera course of the Royal College of Music.
On the concert platform, Jeni has sung the Teixera Te Deum with Harry Christophers and The Sixteen in Macao, Cupid King Arthur with Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort in the Bergen Festival, with Trevor Pinnock in the Stour Festival, with the Bach Choir and Sir David Willcocks, Haydn's Creation in Spain with Sir Neville Marriner, Messiah with Rudi Lutz in Switzerland, the Beethoven Missa Solemnis and the Bruckner Te Deum, a UK tour of Vivaldi by Candlelight , the UK première of Michael Torke's Book of Proverbs with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and with countless choral societies throughout the UK. Most recently, Carmina Burana for RSNO and The Creation with Nicholas Kraemer and the SCO.
She has also appeared on television as Ann Trulove in the series Of Beauty and Consolation with the Dutch Radio Symphony Orchestra in Vredenburg, Utrecht; for BBC1 Scotland. She has broadcast for BBC Radio 3 & 4 and recorded for Naxos. Her CD of Handel and Purcell with Crispian Steele Perkins for Carlton achieved widespread critical acclaim. Recent recordings include: Haydn's Stabat Mater with Christ Church Cathedral Choir.
Her stage roles have included The Guardian of the Threshold Die Frau ohne Schatten, Heavenly Voice Palestrina , Barbarina Le Nozze di Figaro and Blumenmädchen Parsifal for the Royal Opera House; Amor Orpheo and Eurydice for ENO; La Princesse L'Enfant et les Sortilèges for Opera North; Amor Orphée et Eurydice for WNO; Jano Jenufa for GFO; Susanna The Marriage of Figaro for English Touring Opera; Christa The Makropoulos Case for Scottish Opera Go Round; the title role Deidamia and Sigismondo Arminio for the London Handel Festival, Atalanta Serse for the Early Opera Company, Elissa Tolomeo with Nicholas Kraemer; Narcissa Philemon und Baucis (Haydn) with Trevor Pinnock, Dalinda Ariodante in the Covent Garden Festival; Adina L'Elisir d'Amore in Cambridge.
Recent engagements: Vivaldi's Dixit Dominus in de Doelen, Rotterdam, Paquette Candide for the Théâtre du Châtelet and her debut at La Scala in the same role, Zdenka Arabella at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Susanna The Marriage of Figaro and Gretel Hansel and Gretel (in concert) for Opera North, Mabel The Pirates of Penzance , Yum-Yum The Mikado and Sophie Rosenkavalier at ENO, Musetta La Bohème and Oscar Un Ballo in Maschera for Opera Zuid, Teutile Motezuma (Vivaldi ) in de Doelen, Rotterdam, and a recording of Edward Joseph Collins Hymn to the Earth with the RSNO.
Current season/future plans: Medea Teseo for ETO, Tytania A Midsummer Night's Dream for Opera North; Messiah with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra .
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