Jessica Renfro, mezzo-soprano has been described as “alert and quick in her acting and superb as a singer” with “deliciously playful comic timing” and a “sparkling voice”.  “At times Renfro left her audience almost breathless with admiration as she breathed life into her character and spun melodies into charismatic suggestion” (Stephen Neal Dennis www.allartsreview4u.com, Mark J. Estren The Washington Post, T.L. Ponick The Washington Times).  She holds a Master's Degree and Graduate Performance Diploma in Opera from the Peabody Conservatory, and has studied with world renowned singers such as François Loup and Phyllis Bryn-Julson.  A few of her opera credits include Romeo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Cenerentola in La Cenerentola, Der Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos, Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Concepcion in L'heure Espagnole with such companies as Baltimore Opera Center, Opera Vivente, Bel Cantanti Opera, and many more.  She has also enjoyed a busy schedule of concert work with Baltimore Symphony, Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, Southern Delaware Choral Society, Chesapeake Youth Orchestra and others. 

Ms. Renfro looks forward to playing the role Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana for Baltimore Concert Opera, Dido in Anne Arundel Opera’s upcoming production of Dido and Aeneas as well as performing with New Jersey State Repertory Opera in their “Dazzling Divas” gala this season.  This June she looks forward to her Carnegie Hall debut with Pacific Encore Performances.