Resident Artists
Jessie Nguenang, lyric soprano
AVA first-year Resident Artist
Hometown: Lyon, France
Education: Diplome d’Etudes Musicales, Conservatoire National
Supérieur de Musique in Lyon.
Competitions: Finalist, International Opera Singing Competition of Marmande (France), 2009.
Roles at AVA: Dulcinée, Don Quichotte; Berta, Il barbiere di Siviglia.
Other Roles: Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus, co-production with Marseille and Avignon Opera; Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte, Theatre de la Solitude (France); Cercatrice, Suor Angelica, Opéra de Lyon; Constance, La Poule Noire, Salle Molière (France); Lily, Porgy and Bess, Opéra de Lyon and Edinburgh International Festival.