Welsh soprano Jessica Cale is the 2020 First Prize winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Awards and Joint Audience prize winner at the London Handel Festival International Singing Competition. She is a graduate of the Royal College of Music Opera Studio. In 2022, Jessica made her house debut at Teatro La Fenice as Second Niece Peter Grimes and her role debut as Susanna The Marriage of Figaro for Waterperry Opera Festival.
On the concert platform, Jessica has performed under the batons of Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Paul McCreesh, Harry Christophers, Jonathan Cohen and Christian Curnyn. Recent concert highlights have included: Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Britten’s Les Illuminations in Lithuania and debuts at the Wigmore Hall and Cadogan Hall.
Upcoming performances include Purcell’s King Arthur for the Gabrieli Consort and covering the role of Helena in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the 2023 Glyndebourne Festival.
