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 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.
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 92 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 115
shows in 39 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.