Jennifer Taverner

Soprano

Soprano Jennifer Taverner has been described as “resplendent and captivating” (Ottawa Life) and is in high demand as a soloist with orchestras and opera companies across Canada, in works ranging from baroque to contemporary.

As Armida with Pacific Opera Victoria in Handel's Rinaldo, she “brought great menace to the role... innovative in her cadenzas with an incredibly pure tone and brilliant precision” (Schmopera). In Tapestry Opera’s Bandits in the Valley, Now Magazine wrote “Taverner is ravishing as the diva – what a treat to hear her creamy soprano up close”.

Jennifer sang the role of Elizabeth in Kamouraska (Wilson) with Toronto’s Voicebox:Opera in Concert, and starred as Fiordiligi in Cosi fan Tutte in her debut with Edmonton Opera. Jennifer looks forward to her return to Pacific Opera Victoria as Orlinde in Wagner’s Die Walküre in 2023.

Concert performances in 2023/24 include Messiah with Ontario Philharmonic/Amadeus Choir and Chorus Niagara. Recent performances include Messiah with Victoria Symphony, Mozart’s Laudate Dominum and Beethoven’s Mass in C with Bach Elgar Choir, and Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with Niagara Symphony, and Mandle Philharmonic.

Jennifer performed in Vivier’s Kopernikus with Against the Grain Theatre at Banff Centre, and in Soundstreams Canada and Signal Theatre’s doublebill of Two Odysseys: Pimooteewin/Gállábártnit (Hui/Byström), two operas sung in Cree and Sàmi, rooted in traditional tales from Canada and Nordic cultures.

Jennifer is featured in several OperaBreaks cinematic videos, directed by François Racine and produced during the pandemic by Domoney Artists.