Jasmine Habersham
American soprano Jasmine Habersham is a versatile and dynamic performing artist whose voice has been hailed as “exquisite” by Broadway World and possessing a “well-controlled, silvery tone [with] an alluring presence” by Opera Today. The 2024-2025 season is a busy one for Ms. Habersham. She returns to Minnesota Opera as Juliette in Romeo et Juliette, sings Ashley in Mazzoli/Vavrek’s The Listeners at Lyric Opera of Chicago, originates the lead role of Claudette Colvin in the world premiere of Barnes/Mouton’s She Who Dared, and joins Florida Grand Opera as Adina in L’elisir d’amore. On the concert stage, Ms. Habersham makes several débuts – with Kansas City Symphony as soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah, with Savannah Philharmonic in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, with Fort Worth Symphony in their Holiday concert, and with Alabama Symphony Orchestra in Knoxville: Summer of 1915.
In the 2023-2024 season, Ms. Habersham made her role début as Juliette in Roméo et Juliette with Opera San Jose. She then reprised her Gilda in Rigoletto in her return to Atlanta Opera, sings Frasquita in Carmen in her début with the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, takes her Pamina in Die Zauberflöte to Nashville Opera, and joins Central City Opera as Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance. Additionally, she was seen in concert with multiple orchestras: the Fresno Philharmonic for Mahler’s 4th Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony for Carmina burana, and Syracuse Orchestra for a concert of operatic excerpts. In the previous season, she returned to Minnesota Opera as Sarah Ruth in Edward Tulane, performed with the Rochester Philharmonic, the Dallas Symphony, and sang Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with the Mercer-Macon Symphony, débuted as Sophie in Werther with Houston Grand Opera, brought her celebrated Gilda in Rigoletto to Utah Opera, made her role début as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro with Madison Opera, and returned to The Glimmerglass Festival as Almirena in Rinaldo.
Recent seasons have included many exciting company and role débuts for Ms. Habersham. She returned to Atlanta Opera for her role début as Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare, made her company début with Opera North (UK) as Gilda in Rigoletto, appeared as The Dew Fairy in Hansel and Gretel with Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, returned to Madison Opera for her role début Euridice in Orpheus in the Underworld, and joined The Glimmerglass Festival as Mimi in Tenor Overboard and Mary in Holy Ground. Additionally, she has performed in Opera in the Park Online with Madison Opera, performed as a Company Player with The Atlanta Opera as The Girl in Der Kaiser von Atlantis and Micaëla in Threepenny Carmen, made her début with Seattle Opera as Zerlina in Don Giovanni, and sang Nannetta in Falstaff with Berkshire Opera.
