Julie Jackson
Soprano
JULIE JACKSON’s warm, expressive voice along with her elegant and poised demeanor is at ease performing domestically or abroad. Mrs. Jackson makes her company debut with Operativo (Houston) in their Spring 2021 production of Pimpinone as Vespetta. Mrs. Jackson’s operatic roles include Donna Elvira (cover with Spotlight on Opera), Giovanna (Rigoletto, Opera in the Heights), Mabel (The Pirates of Penzance, Houston Gilbert and Sullivan Society), and Madame Goldnertrille (Der Schauspieldirektor, Franco American Vocal Academy, Salzburg). Mrs. Jackson holds a Master of Liberal Arts in Music (Voice) from the University of St. Thomas as well as a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Houston. She has also studied internationally in the young artist programs of Centro Studi Lirica (Novafeltria, Italy) with Joan Patenaude-Yarnell, the Franco-American Vocal Academy (Salzburg, Austria) with Bruce Fowler and domestically in Cindy Sadler’s DIY Summer Program and Spotlight on Opera (online due to the Covid-19 pandemic). She has been the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with the Woodlands Symphony Orchestra and the soprano soloist in C minor Mass with the Texas Southern University Orchestra. She is also a regular soloist with Houston Ebony Opera Guild and the Houston Gilbert and Sullivan Society. Based in Houston, TX, Mrs. Jackson is happily married to professional tuba player and teacher Ali Jackson. The couple enjoy spending time together and raising their 2-year-old tabby-calico mix, KitKat.
Spotlight 2020:
Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus
Covering Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni
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