Biography
Jenna Clark, mezzo-soprano is a versatile and compelling artist based in Denver, CO. Ms. Clark recently earned her Artist Diploma in Opera & Solo Voice Performance from the University of Colorado - Boulder.
In 2024, Ms. Clark will sing the role of Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro with Opera Fort Collins (February 2024), La Abuela in Manuel de Falla’s La vida breve with Opera Fort Collins (June 2024) and in the chorus of La Bohème under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin as a part of the Bravo! Vail Festival (July 2024).
In 2023, Ms. Clark sang with the Colorado Bach Ensemble in their annual performance of Handel’s Messiah, the role of Mistress Quickly in Verdi’s Falstaff at CU-Boulder, and the alto solos in Mozart’s Requiem as well as Cherubino in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro as a part of the Crested Butte Music Festival.
Ms. Clark kicked off the 2022-2023 season performing solos in the world premier of Elijah Daniel Smith’s “Starving Sod” with the Lea Mattson Collective, then going on to perform the role of the Announcer in Douglas Moore’s Gallantry with Opera Theater of the Rockies, Amor in La Púrpura de la Rosa by Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco with the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado, Le Prince Charmant in Massenet’s Cendrillon at CU-Boulder, and the role of Mrs. McLean in Opera Fort Collins’ production of Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah. Ms. Clark earned an Honorable Mention as a finalist in the Denver Lyric Opera Guild Competition as well as winning the Career Advancement Award through the Pikes Peak Opera League.
In the 2021-2022 season, Ms. Clark performed the role of Armelinde (and covered Cendrillon) in Viardot’s Cendrillon with Loveland Opera Theater, L’enfant in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges with Boulder Opera Company, and joined the Opera Colorado Chorus in Opera Colorado’s production of Paul Moravek & Mark Campbell’s The Shining. Summer of 2022, Ms. Clark was a Central City Opera Apprentice Artist, covering the role of Signora Naccarelli in Adam Guettel’s The Light in the Piazza and performing in the chorus for both The Light in the Piazza and Die Fledermaus.
Summer of 2021, Ms. Clark performed the role of Nancy in Britten’s Albert Herring with Chicago Summer Opera, then traveled to Steamboat, Colorado to sing Annio in Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito as a part of the Opera Steamboat Artist Institute.
Ms. Clark currently performs as a touring artist with both Central City Opera and Opera Theater of the Rockies, bringing high level performances to schools and communities across Colorado.