Hailed by the New York Times as a soprano of "gleaming sound, free and easy high notes, agile coloratura runs and lyrical grace", Jessica Pratt is considered one of today's foremost interpreters of some of Belcanto's most challenging repertoire.

After completing her vocal studies in Italy with Renata Scotto and Maestro Gianluigi Gelmetti at Rome Opera she now prepares her roles with Lella Cuberli. British-born and raised in Australia, Ms. Pratt currently lives in Italy with her adopted dogs and cats.

Since her European debut in 2007 as Lucia di Lammermoor Ms. Pratt's schedule has included performances at opera theatres and festivals around the world such as Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Arena di Verona, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Australia, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Staatsoper Hamburg, Teatro Real Madrid, Teatro San Carlo, Teatro alla Scala, The Metropolitan Opera and Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and has collaborated with conductors such as Carlo Rizzi, Daniel Oren, Daniele Gatti, David Parry, Francesco Ivan Ciampa, Gianandrea Noseda, Gustavo Dudamel, Ivor Bolton, Kent Nagano, Marc Minkowski, Nello Santi, Riccardo Frizza, Roberto Abbado, Sir Colin Davis and Zubin Mehta.

This last year she has appeared as Lucia Ashton, in Donizetti's Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce...Ardon gli incensi... Spargi d'amaro pianto for Opera Queensland in Brisbane, in “Jessica Pratt in Concert” for Opera Queensland in Brisbane, as Costanza, in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem serail for Teatro alla Scala in Milan and in her debut as Costanza, in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem serail for ABAO in Bilbao. In the near future we will see her in “Mozart - Abend in Goldenen Saal” for Musikverein in Vienna.

As one of the most active singers in her field, over the last 17 years, Jessica has taken to the stage in 143 productions for 93 different organizers, in 80 cities over 13 countries. She has interpreted 48 different roles of which the most popular is Lucia Ashton from Gaetano Donizetti's “Lucia di Lammermoor” with over 117 shows in 40 productions, followed by Amina from Vincenzo Bellini's “La Sonnambula” and Elvira from Vincenzo Bellini's “I Puritani”.

Her discography includes CD recordings of Rossini's “Otello”, Vaccai's “La sposa di Messina” and DVD/Blu-Ray recordings of “Giovanna d'Arco” from the Festival Valle d'Itria, “Adelaide di Borgogna”, “Ciro in Babilonia” and “Aureliano in Palmira” from the Rossini Opera Festival, the 2012 “New Year's Gala Concert” and Bellini's “La sonnambula” from Teatro La Fenice in Venice and Donizetti's "Le Convenienze ed Inconvenienze Teatrali" from Teatro alla Scala in Milan. In 2016 her first solo album “Serenade” was released by Opus Arte. Upcoming releases include a DVD of Ronconi's “Lucia di Lammermoor” with Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, conducted by Roberto Abbado and a DVD of Donizetti's “Rosmonda d'Inghilterra” with Festival Donizetti of Bergamo.

Ms. Pratt is the winner of numerous international vocal competitions, including the ”Australian Singing Competition” and the ”Vienna State Opera Award”. In May 2013 she was awarded the prestigious international prize for coloratura sopranos La Siola d'Oro “Lina Pagliughi”. In September 2016 she was awarded the “Oscar della Lirica”, International Opera Award as Best Soprano of the year.