Jessica Pratt

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 Belcanto's most challenging repertoire.

After completing her vocal studies in Italy with Renata Scotto and Maestro Gianluigi Gelmetti at Rome Opera she now prepares her roles with Lella Cuberli. British-born and raised in Australia, Ms. Pratt currently lives in Italy with her adopted dogs and cats.

Since her European debut in 2007 as Lucia di Lammermoor Ms. Pratt's schedule has included performances at opera theatres and festivals around the world such as Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Arena di Verona, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Australia, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Staatsoper Hamburg, Teatro Real Madrid, Teatro San Carlo, Teatro alla Scala, The Metropolitan Opera and Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and has collaborated with conductors such as Carlo Rizzi, Daniel Oren, Daniele Gatti, David Parry, Francesco Ivan Ciampa, Gianandrea Noseda, Gustavo Dudamel, Ivor Bolton, Kent Nagano, Marc Minkowski, Nello Santi, Riccardo Frizza, Roberto Abbado, Sir Colin Davis and Zubin Mehta.

This last year she has appeared in her debut as Norma, in Bellini's Norma for Opera di Firenze in Florence, as Lucia Ashton, in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor conducted by Daniel Oren for Teatro Comunale in Bologna and in “Delirio, Prague” for Prague National Theatre.

As one of the most active singers in her field, over the last 18 years, Jessica has taken to the stage in 145 productions for 95 different organizers, in 82 cities over 15 countries. She has interpreted 49 different roles of which the most popular is Lucia Ashton from Gaetano Donizetti's “Lucia di Lammermoor” with over 120 shows in 41 productions, followed by Amina from Vincenzo Bellini's “La Sonnambula” and Elvira from Vincenzo Bellini's “I Puritani”.

Ms. Pratt is the winner of numerous international vocal competitions, including the ”Australian Singing Competition” and the ”Vienna State Opera Award”. In May 2013 she was awarded the prestigious international prize for coloratura sopranos La Siola d'Oro “Lina Pagliughi”. In September 2016 she was awarded the “Oscar della Lirica”, International Opera Award as Best Soprano of the year.