Jessica Beebe

Lauded as having a "honey-colored tone" and "the most radiant solo singing" from Opera News, soprano Jessica Beebe is steadily gaining international attention as an affecting interpreter of repertoire from the Renaissance to contemporary American opera. Ms. Beebe has performed as a guest soloist with several major orchestras and ensembles across the country including The New York Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, The English Concert with Harry Bicket, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra with Raymond Leppard, The Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, The Folger Consort, Piffaro, Lyric Fest, The Princeton Festival Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra and more. Ms. Beebe's operatic highlights include covering the East Coast premiere of Jennifer Higdon's Cold Mountain with Opera Philadelphia, covering the role of the Angel in Norway's Bergen National Opera in Messiah, and in 2017 debuting the role of Luna in David Hertzberg's The Wake World. Ms. Beebe also covered the role of Winnie in Lembit Beecher's Sky on Swings with Opera Philadelphia in 2018. In 2019, Ms. Beebe covered the title role in Handel's Semele with Harry Bicket and the English Concert, in an international tour to the Barbican Theatre and Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, ending in Carnegie Hall. Most recently she made her Los Angeles Philharmonic solo debut in Meredith Monk's opera, Atlas. In the 2019-20 season, Ms. Beebe had solo debuts with Cathedral Choral Society and The Washington Bach Consort at the Washington National Cathedral, Gamut Bach ensemble, and more. Ms. Beebe is a member of the Grammy® Award-winning ensemble The Crossing, Grammy® nominated ensemble Clarion Society, Variant 6, Trio Eos and Choral Arts Philadelphia. Ms. Beebe is a graduate of the University of Delaware, Indiana University and The Royal College of Music. She is a professor of Music in Voice at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster PA, and Muhlenberg College in Allentown PA.