Jessica the Soprano
Praised for her "sparkling tone" and "having a voice that makes people feel good",
...soprano Jessica Arielle Bloch has been seen as a versatile performer, singing works ranging from the Baroque period through the 21st century. So far in the 2024-2025 season, you can see her at Josephine's Cabaret with Broadway Brunch, What the Fach? A Night at the Opera with West End Lyric, and as Zerlina in Don Giovanni with Opera 51. More to come soon!
In the 2023-2024 season, she competed as a semifinalist in the Corsica Lirica Opera Competition, and in the Boston district round of the Laffont Competition. She performed in concert Broadway and Beyond at Club Cafe, and debuted Liesgen in a staged rendition of The Coffee Cantata with West End Lyric, and Lola in Opera 51's Cavalleria Rusticana at the historic 51 Walden Theater. For the majority of this past season, Jessica worked as the Creative Producer of West End Lyric, and on her special project: We Will Outlive Them... Letters to Rivka from Galicia, a song cycle of her family's letters set to music by Quinn Gutman. She debuted the 4th letter "Third Letter From Moshe" with Rafe Schaberg, piano at Sparks and Wiry Cry's NYC Songslam at the National Sawdust Theater.
In the 2022-2023 season, Jessica performed in Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble’s 2022 Finding Home Festival, singing Yniold (Pelléas et Mélisande composed by Debussy), Concepcion/Young Juana (Juana composed by Carla Lucero), and covering Amore (Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria composed by Monteverdi). She then went on to numerous concerts in the Boston area, including as a soprano soloist opening for VOICES Boston's Brundibar with I. From Moshe: Dearly beloved children... a newly composed song from her's and Quinn Gutman's We Will Outlive Them... Letters to Rivka from Galicia. Jessica also had the honor of being awarded the 2nd place title for Adult Popular Voice with the Music International Grand Prix at the NYC Semifinals in 2023.
During the pandemic, Jessica stayed active in her career, performing as a Finalist for the 2022 Lucine Amara Art Song Competition, and making her Carnegie Hall debut with Vincerò Academy at their 2022 Gala Concert, where she sang excerpts as Susanna from Le nozze di Figaro and Marie from La fille du régiment, respectively, under the direction of Maestro Abdiel Vàzquez. In 2021, Jessica appeared in Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble’s out-door opera-concert of Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Mozart as Blonde, and sang with Music On Site Inc. as their Amahl cover in Amahl and the Night Visitors and Opera Scenes Showcase. In addition to her role debuts, Jessica sang with the Boston Festival for New Jewish Music, NEMPAC Opera's Opera From the Balcony, and Christman Opera Company. With COC, Jessica premiered Dana Kaufman's Three Beasts, adapted for piano and voice.
Past performance credits include originating the role of Miss Johnson in Douglas Buchanan’s World Premiere of Bessie and Ma; covering Belinda in Dido and Aeneas; Amalia Balash in She Loves Me; Titania in Paul Richards The Loathly Lady with Hartford Opera Theater's New in November Nine Festival; Noèmie in Cendrillon, Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica, Nella cover in Gianni Schicchi as a Renee Greenberg Emerging Artist with Opera Fusion, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Despina in Così fan tutte, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte under the baton of Maestro Christian Schulz at the Vienna Summer Music Festival.
Aside from being an active performer, Jessica is a very passionate teacher and educator. The summer of 2023,
Jessica was on faculty at the Austria Summer Music Festival where she taught voice lessons and directed the Opera Scenes Program. So far her students have gone on to win competitions, perform lead roles, and receive cultural honors for their performances: (i.e. 1st Place in the NATS National Competition for Youth Classical, 1st place in the 2022 Student Hall Competition, Captain Walker in The Who’s Tommy the Musical, Miss Hannigan in Annie the Musical, multiple honors of singing The United States National Anthem, and students accepted and returning to summer programs at Julliard, Brevard, Interlochen, and more). Jessica also teaches for New England Conservatory's Preparatory School, and her private studio, The Bloch Voice Studio, as a part of her music educational company: Bloch Performing Arts Inc.
Jessica received her Bachelor of Arts in Theater and Music with an Italian minor from The Florida State University
(2015), her Master Performance Certificate (2017) and Master of Music in Vocal Performance from The University of Connecticut (2019) under the tutelage of Dr. Constance Rock. Jessica currently studies with both Kirsten Arnold and Dana Lynne Varga.
Fast facts about me:
Not only do I love the composer, Puccini (see video below) but I also have named my first fur-baby, Puccini! You can follow him and his brother (my husband’s cat), Dio, @puccinianddio on Instagram!
I’m a Florida-girl at heart and lived there most of my life!
I am so fortunate to do what I love everyday and seek to share that joy and give back as much as I can!
I love my coffee in the mornings!
