Jenufa Gleich

Jenufa Gleich made her Wagner debut in Longborough Festival Opera’s Ring Cycle conducted by Anthony Negus, where she appeared as Helmwige (Die Walküre), Freia (Das Rheingold) and Third Norn (Götterdämmerung). She also covered the role of Sieglinde (Die Walküre). For the Mastersingers Wagner Society of London she also appeared as Third Norn.

Other recent engagements include covering the title role in Turandot with the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa, the role of Selika in L’Africaine with The Opera Orchestra of New York at Avery Fischer Hall, Queen Elisabeth in Roberto Devereux with Opera Holland Park, and Jenny in The Rise and Fall ofthe City of Mahagonny with Teatro Goldoni in Livorno, Italy. Additional engagements have included New York City Opera as Marenka (The Bartered Bride), Bel Canto at Caramoor of New York as Lisa (La Sonnambula) and First Lady (The Magic Flute), Opera Festival della Toscana as the Soprano in Carmina Burana, Opera Grosseto as Violetta (La traviata) and with the Queens Symphony Orchestra summer concert series, singing excerpts from Don Giovanni (Donna Elvira). For the 150th birthday celebration of Puccini in Lucca, Italy, she sang excerpts from Turandot and Suor Angelica.

As a recitalist, she has appeared at the Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, The Vatican and St Patricks Cathedral in repertoire including Wagner’s Wesendonk Lieder, Mahler’s Rückert Lieder, and songs by Samuel Barber and Kurt Weill.