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With a voice that has been hailed by Opera News Magazine as “a free and unwavering soprano that soars through glittering sunshine,†soprano Jacquelyn Familant enjoys an international career that spans the genres of opera, oratorio and chamber music. The young soprano began her professional career immediately upon graduation from the Curtis Institute of Music when she was engaged by the Staatsoper Stuttgart for a two year principal artist contract. Among the many roles performed, she debuted as Sandman and the Dew Fairy (Haensel und Gretel) and went on to sing such roles as Aloysia (Masaniello furioso), Servilia (La clemenza di Tito), and Euridice in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo. Other opera credits include Eurydice (Orphee et Eurydice) with the Festival Lyrique-en-Mer, Ilia (Idomeneo), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Blanche de la Force (Les Dialogues des Carmelites). Ms. Familant has won numerous awards and scholarships and was just recently named a winner of the 2006 Charles A. Lynam Vocal Competition. This gifted young artist was also honored as a Star of Tomorrow by the European ARTE Film and Broadcasting Network and featured in an international television portrait.In the genre of oratorio, Ms. Familant has sung as the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem, Coronation Mass, & Vesperae Solennes de Domenica, as well Orff’s Carmina Burana, Faure’s Requiem, and the Rutter Requiem. The soprano particularly enjoys performing modern chamber music and has appeared as the soloist in Schoenberg’s "Pierrot Lunaire" with the Curtis Chamber Ensemble, and as the soprano soloist in the Philadelphia premiere of Ned Rorem’s "Evidence of Things Unseen" with the Chamber Music Society of Philadelphia. She has had several pieces written for her including Donald St. Pierre’s "Songs on the poems of e.e. cummings" and Michael Sidney Timpson’s "Four Poems of Dorothy Parker".Jacquelyn Familant was born in Newport News, Virginia and grew up in Clearwater, Florida. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music and a Master of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music. In addition to singing, this multi-faceted performer also enjoys success as a model, actress and voice-over artist: she has appeared internationally in print, television, radio and film. Ms. Familant currently resides in New York City.