THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE…
…Jana McIntyre continues to forge a path for herself with her “dancer’s grace, mercurial wit, and vibrant soprano tone” (Opera News), “with movie star looks and the poise to match, she has everything it takes to make it to the top” (Opera Wire).
She begins the 24/25 season with The Orchestra Now for their Mahler & Strauss concert, where she will be featured singing Strauss’ Vier Letzte lieder and Mahler Symphony 4. Jana sings Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Nights Dream with Maestro Gustavo Dudamel in her debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic as they tour from Walt Disney Hall to Carnegie Hall to Teatro Mayor in Bogota, Colombia. Jana sings the Messiah with Erie Philharmonic. Her New York Philharmonic debut singing Pli selon pli (Boulez) rounds out her season on the concert stage. This season also sees a return to Opera Santa Barbara in her anticipated role debut as Marie in La fille du régiment, one of a number of covid cancelations. She will also join Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as Tytania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Detroit Opera for their production of Rinaldo.
Her 23/24 season marked a return to Opera Santa Barbara for La Divina: The Art of Maria Callas. Additional season engagements included debuts with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra for Carmina Burana and the Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra for their Rodgers and Hammerstein Celebration. She also returned to Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera, debuting Adele in their new production of Die Fledermaus and joined the roster of San Francisco Opera for their productions of Innocence (Kaija Saariaho) and Die Zauberflöte.
Other recent successes have included Ms. McIntyre’s Carnegie Hall debut with the American Symphony Orchestra in Richard Strauss’ rarely heard Daphne (Title Role), Die Zauberflöte highlights with the San Francisco Symphony, Semele in Semele, Norina (Don Pasquale) and Giulia (La scala di seta) with Opera Santa Barbara as well as Aminta for a new production of Die Schweigsame Frau with Bard SummerScape Festival, and Cinderella with Tulsa Opera for their new production of Sondheim’s Into the Woods. She debuted Carmina Burana with the Santa Barbara Symphony and the Seattle Symphony. With the Rally Cat in New York City, she created the role of Marianne in recording and workshop of Aferidan Stephens and Marella Martin Koch’s Elinor and Marianne based on the Jane Austen novel Sense and Sensibility. She also performed in chamber concert with Jerod Impichchaachaaha Tate and Tulsa’s Signature Symphony.
Jana has recently been included on the rosters of Lyric Opera of Chicago (Cendrillon), Palm Beach Opera (Die Zauberflöte) and Tulsa Opera (Rigoletto, The Little Prince, Don Giovanni). She was scheduled to make company debuts with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and Canadian Opera Company among other notable returns to theaters which have been postponed/canceled due to the pandemic.
She is a George London Foundation top prize winner as well as a Metropolitan Opera National Council grand finalist. She performed Ännchen in Heart Beat Opera’s new production of Der Freischütz and joined Santa Fe Opera for their workshop of the completed version of M. Butterfly in New York City and for whom she was to return as Sister 1 in Mark Adamo and John Corgliano’s newly commissioned Lord of Cries which was canceled in March of 2020. She also debuted with the Sacramento Philharmonic singing from Così fan tutte and Le nozze di Figaro as Despina and Susanna in their “Mozart Favorites” Concert.
Early career highlights include critical acclaim for her portrayal of Andromède in the American premiere of Ibert’s Persée et Andromède which made the New York Times “Best Classical Music of 2016;” her professional debut as the Amore in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice alongside Anthony Roth Costanzo and Kiera Duffy in an installment of “Orphic Moments” with Brooklyn’s National Sawdust Theater under the baton of Matthew Aucoin; as well as performing in the west coast premiere of Jonathan Scheffer’s Blood on the Dining Room Floor (Rose 1) at age 19. Collaboration with Maestro George Manahan to perform Joaquin Rodrigo’s Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios in concert with the Manhattan Chamber Sinfonia and also sang Mater Gloriosa in Mahler’s 8th Symphony with the Manhattan Oratorio Society at St. John the Divine Cathedral. She later performed and recorded Mahler 8 as a part of David Briggs’ organ transcription which was released by Albany Records in 2016.
Miss McIntyre won first prize in the Alan M. and Joan Taub Ades Competition which gave her the opportunity to travel to Buenos Aires to sing a series of concerts at various venues including El Salon Dorado at the Teatro Colón. She is an award winner from the Jensen Foundation, Giulio Gari Foundation, George London Foundation, Art Song Preservation Society, Metropolitan National Council, among others. She is a Richard F. Gold grant recipient from the Shoshana Foundation, and the winner of the Eisenberg-Fried Concerto Competition at Manhattan School of Music.
Jana has been an apprentice with Tulsa Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and the Merola Opera Program. She did her academic work at the University of California, Los Angeles in Psychology (B.A.) and Music (B.A.). She received her Masters in Vocal Performance from the Manhattan School of Music.
