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Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston is an English operatic mezzo-soprano. Born in Liverpool, she studied law at the University of Cambridge and worked in London chambers as a barrister before studying opera at the Royal College of Music. She is universally known as the 'Scouse Diva'. A former BBC New Generation Artist, she made her professional debut as Humperdinck's Hänsel for Scottish Opera, followed by her international debuts at the Aix-en-Provence Festival as Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, and at the Salzburg Festival as Carmi in an unstaged performance of Mozart's La Betulia Liberata; a performance which was recorded and released on DVD by Deutsche Grammophon. She is particularly associated with the Bayerische Staatsoper and its distinguished musical director Kirill Petrenko, where her roles have included Second Norn, Roßweise, Floßhilde, Hedwige and La Ciesca. She has appeared in opera at the Teatro alla Scala as Mrs Grose in The Turn of the Screw and Gaia in Giorgio Battistelli's CO₂, and additionally at the Salzburg Festival as Lady de Hautdesert in Gawain, and as Leda in Die Liebe der Danae. From Wikipedia (

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Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III Scene 1: Walkürenritt - Hojotoho! Heiaha! (Live)
Alwyn Mellor, Anna Gabler, Anna Lapkovskaja, Claudia Huckle, Eva Vogel, Jennifer Johnston, Katherine Broderick, Simone Schröder, and Richard Wagner
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Mass in D Major, Op. 123, "Missa Solemnis": I. Kyrie
Lucy Crowe
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Pietà: VI. Weeks fly swiftly by
Jennifer Johnston
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Pietà: IX. Flammis ne urar succensus
Jennifer Johnston
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Pietà: IV. Eia mater, fons amoris
Jennifer Johnston

Albums

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A Plastic Theatre (Choral Works by Joanna Marsh)

2025
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Blackford: Pietà

2020
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Frances-Hoad: You Promised Me Everything

2014
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Ludwig Thuille: Songs

2013

Singles & EPs

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Symphony No. 2: III. In ruhig fliessender Bewergung

Single • 2023
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​ I Saw Three Ships

Single • 2019
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You'll never walk alone (Live)

Single • 2019

Videos

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Blackbird sung by Liverpudlian mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston

Rubicon Classics • 1.6K views
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In My Liverpool Home - Jennifer Johnston A Love Letter to Liverpool

Rubicon Classics • 1K views
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Still Alive -UMGSO - Fall Concert 2010

GSO at UMD • 1.2K views