Jennifer Blades
Opera Stage Director
Hailed as having a “juicy” and “colorful” tone as well as a “flair for comic mugging,” mezzo-soprano Jennifer Blades has been active in the Baltimore area for over a decade as a performer in opera and cabaret, classical singer, teacher, and stage director. Upcoming performances include a recital of the Mignon songs, alto soloist for the Beethoven Ninth, alto soloist with the Bach Concert Series, and a reprisal of Christmas Present at the Cabaret at Germano's in December.
Opera credits include Rosanna (The Barber of Baltimore), Julia Child (Bon Appétit), Alisa (Lucia di Lammermoor), Second Lady (The Magic Flute), Mrs. Herring (Albert Herring), Public Opinion (Orpheus in the Underworld), Arminda (La finta giardiniera), the Mother (Amahl and the Night Visitors), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Bianca (The Rape of Lucretia), the Sorceress (Dido and Aeneas), Narciso (Agrippina), Second Nursemaid (Street Scene), Dinah (Trouble in Tahiti), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) and Valencienne (The Merry Widow) for companies such as Lyric Opera Baltimore, Opera Vivente, Wolf Trap Opera, Baltimore's Artscape, and Opera AACC. Blades has also performed Ruth in Pirates of Penzance, Tessa in The Gondoliers, and Mad Margaret in Ruddigore with the Young Victorian Theatre.
An avid cabaret singer, Blades has performed her original show My Funny Valentine at Don't Tell Mama in New York and has performed several shows at An die Musik and the Cabaret at Germano's in Baltimore.
Blades received a Master of Music and Graduate Performance Diploma in Voice from the Peabody Conservatory where she teaches Acting for Opera and Cabaret styles and stage directs. For more information, visit jenniferblades.com.
