Soprano Marina Costa-Jackson [played] both the devastated Suor Angelica and the lovesick Lauretta in “Gianni Schicchi,” two vastly different roles. Angelica requires virtuoso and gutty dramatic singing, while Lauretta is the bubbly songbird who sings the famous aria “O mio babbino caro.” As Angelica, Costa-Jackson sang with anguish and fear, and as Lauretta, her vocals danced.
LA Opera • Welsh National Opera •
Oper Köln • Metropolitan Opera (cover) • Academy of Vocal Arts
Oper Köln • Austin Opera • Coliseu Porto Ageas / Teatro Nacional de São Carlos • Lyric Opera Ensemble
Lyric Opera of Kansas City • TBA
Savonlinna Opera Festival • Bolshoi Opera • Austin Opera
ITALIANOAdalgisa (Norma) • Dallas OperaAmelia (Un Ballo in Maschera) • Academy of Vocal ArtsAmelia, cover (Simone Boccanegra) • Metropolitan OperaDesdemona (Otello) • See "Featured" aboveÉlisabetta di Valois (Don Carlo) • Grange Park OperaFiora (L’Amore dei Tre Re) • Academy of Vocal ArtsFiordiligi (Così Fan Tutte) • Seattle OperaLauretta (Gianni Schicchi) • Utah Opera, San Diego OperaLeonora (Il Trovatore) • Musica Viva, Hong KongManon Lescaut (Manon Lescaut) • North Carolina OperaMaria (Maria di Rohan) • Washington Concert OperaMimì (La Bohème) • See "Featured" aboveMusetta (La Bohème) • Michigan Opera TheatreNedda (I Pagliacci) • Utah OperaSuor Angelica (Suor Angelica) • San Diego OperaTosca (Tosca) • Lyric Opera of Kansas CityVioletta Valéry (La Traviata) • See "Featured" aboveFRANÇAISDulcinée (Don Quichotte) • Academy of Vocal ArtsMarguerite (Faust) • Academy of Vocal ArtsMicaëla (Carmen) • Opéra national de ParisрусскиIolanta (Iolanta) • Russian Opera WorkshopLiza (Pique Dame) • Academy of Vocal ArtsENGLISHVreli (A Village Romeo and Juliet) • Concertgebouw, AmsterdamLATINSoprano, Verdi Requiem • Teatro Municipal de Santiago de ChileSelect ConcertsAndrea Bocelli: Madison Square Gardens (NY) • The Sands Event Center (PA)Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Friends MinskOperalia Winners Concert-Győr, HungaryThe Costa-Jackson Sisters: Russian Tours, Nantucket Musical Arts Society, Sun Valley Opera