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see also Jessica Pratt (musician) Jessica Pratt (b. Bristol, England, 20 June 1979) is an operatic soprano. Born in England, she has lived in Australia since 1991〔 and is the daughter of a tenor. She began by studying the trumpet for ten years before concentrating her studies on singing.〔Bonelli, Valentina, ( "Melodrama queen: Queen of the belcanto, the Australian singer Jessica Pratt bewitched Italian fans with her passionate opera heroines" ), ''Vogue Italia'' (In English), February 2013, p. 144, 4 February 2013〕 In 2003 she won the Australian Singing Competition ,〔(Winner of the 2003 competition ) on aussing.org.au〕 which brought her to Europe, and she was subsequently invited by Gianluigi Gelmetti to continue her studies at the Rome Opera, and while in Rome, she also studied under Renata Scotto at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, finally moving to Milan in 2006 to complete her studies with Lella Cuberli. Since that time she has begun to make a career for herself in many of the world's great opera houses. ==Professional career== During the early years of her career, in typical fashion, she sang in many smaller venues, examples being her Lucia in several Italian European houses, including those in Pavia and Cremona (October 2007), Zurich in late 2008, Florence in early 2009, and again in Geneva in March 2010.〔( Operabase's listing of Pratt's schedule from October 2007 ) on operabase.com. Retrieved 4 January 2014〕 Other roles taken up during these years included Desdemona in July 2008, Gilda in Como one year later along with others in Rome in July/August 2010. Her Amina in ''La sonnambula'' appeared in Como, St. Gallen, Pavia, and Cremona in October/November 2010, followed by a run of Elviras in ''I puritani'' in four smaller Italian houses in October 2010/11.〔 Pratt has also performed in international opera theatres and festivals including the Teatro Alla Scala where she sang in Donizetti's ''Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali'' in 2011 〔("Gaetano Donizetti: ''Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali'' ''[Viva la mamma]'' ) Recording of the opera on Harmonia Mundi〕 as part of the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala, a young singers project. Performances elsewhere have included those at the Teatro San Carlo (Lucia in 2011), the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Teatro La Fenice (with a Lucia in May/June 2011 and some performances as Elvira in May 2012),〔 as well as the Vienna State Opera and Opernhaus Zürich. Other European venues include the Deutsche Opera and The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (as the Queen of the Night) in February 2011 under Colin Davis.〔 In 2012 she appeared in the international television broadcast of the New Year's Day concert at Teatro La Fenice in Venice.〔( La Fenice's announcement of the TV broadcast ) (In Italian)〕 She has collaborated with conductors such as Daniel Oren, Kent Nagano, Ralf Weikart, Donato Renzetti, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Wayne Marshall, Christian Thielemann, David Parry, Nello Santi. In May 2013 Jessica Pratt received the Italian award, La Siola d'Oro, for coloratura sopranos in honor of Italian soprano Lina Pagliughi (1907 - 1980). 〔( Presentation of the 2013 Award ) on facebook.com. Retrieved 4 January 2013〕 Upcoming performances in 2014 include Lucia at La Scala (February) followed by the same role in Amsterdam two months later, a Violetta (''La traviata'') in Melbourne in May, and a Donna Anna (''Don Giovanni'') at La Fenice (October).〔 2015 brings a return to the role of Lucia for the Festival Internacional de Opera Alejandro Granda in Lima, Peru.〔(Festival website announcing the 2015 programme )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jessica Pratt (soprano)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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