Dr. Jennifer Trost

Biography

Jennifer Trost is an active opera singer, recitalist, voice teacher, and masterclass technician. She spent a majority of her career as a soprano, transitioning from a lyric soprano to a young-dramatic soprano, and specializes in both soprano and mezzo-soprano repertoire. Trost's professional engagements include being a resident artist at the Los Angeles Music Center Opera (now the Los Angeles Opera) and an apprentice artist at the Santa Fe Opera. Her career in Germany saw her leading soprano roles at the Wuppertal Opera for four years and serving as a soprano soloist with the Bavarian State Opera in Munich for nine years. Some of her favorite roles include the Countess in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Elettra in Idomeneo, Tatiana in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Marenka in Smetana’s Bartered Bride, and Ortlinde in Wagner’s Die Walküre. She has worked with renowned conductors such as Lorin Maazel, Wolfgang Sawallisch, James Levine, and Zubin Mehta. Trost has performed at prestigious venues including the Komische Oper Berlin, Salzburg Music Festival, Opéra de Paris Garnier, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. A dedicated educator, she teaches voice and opera literature courses at Penn State and has contributed to academic work in the field of voice pedagogy. Trost earned her Bachelor's degree in Music Education from Albion College and a Master of Music in Applied Voice from Michigan State University.

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