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The American mezzo-soprano, Jann Degnan, obtained her Bachelr of Music degree in Music Education Voice from the University of Iowa; and her A.D., Master of Music
degree in Opera Performance; Vocal Performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Jann Degnan is asctive as a mezzo-soprano independent music professional since September 1997. She has been described as a “supremely elegant” singer (Opera News) having a “captivating stage presence” (Opera Magazine, England). Her operatic credits include the title role in Massenet’s Cendrillon, Mother Marie in Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites, Meg Page in Verdi’s Falstaff, Public Opinion in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, and La Voix in Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffman and has appeared with Lyric Opera Cleveland, Cincinnati Opera, Whitewater Opera and Sorg Opera.
An accomplished concert soloist, she has appeared with Cincinnati Philharmonia, Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, Grandin Festival, NKU Baroque Festival, United States Coast Guard Band Chamber Players, North/South Consonance Chamber Orchestra, Mantovani Orchestra, Oratorio Society of Queens, New York Cantata Singers, Musica Bella Orchestra of New York and Prince Georges Philharmonic Orchestra. With a repertoire spanning the concert, oratorio and choral symphonic repertoire for mezzo soprano, her performances reflect a variety of contemporary composers in both the sacred and secular genre as well as the masterworks of J.S. Bach, L.v. Beethoven, Berlioz, Maurice Duruflé, Dvorak, George Frideric Handel, Haydn, Gustav Mahler, Felix Mendelssohn, W.A. Mozart, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Purcell, Ottorino Respighi, and Rossini. She has collaborated frequently with New York Treble Singers and is a featured soloist and ensemble member of the Gregg Smith Singers. She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. |
