Jennifer Gliere, from Cincinnati, Ohio, completed her graduate work at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, where she studied with Kathryn Cowdrick. Most recently she has been seen in Gounod’s St. Cecilia’s Mass and Menotti’s The Old Maid and the Thief and The Telephone. She was given rave reviews for her portrayals of Suzel in Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz with Mercury Opera Rochester and Magda in Puccini’s La rondine with the Eastman Opera Theatre. Other Eastman Opera Theatre credits include Fiorilla in The Turk in Italy, Aurore in Le portrait de Manon, and Serpina in La serva padrona. Upcoming performances include the Prima Sorella Cercatrice in Suor Angelica with The NY Opera Singers Performance Group and a recital in Steinway Hall in November 2009.

Equally at home on the concert and operatic stages, Gliere has been described as having a tone admirably suited for song recitals. She has appeared in recital and oratorio throughout New York State and the Midwest. She has given two recital tours in Mexico, performing in live festivals and events around the country as well as giving masterclasses to several youth choirs and appearing in television and radio studios.

Gliere has spent summers in residence with Oberlin in Italy, AIMS in Graz, and Opera Teatro di Lucca in Lucca Italy, coaching and performing with internationally renowned artists. Other programmes include 6 weeks at La Universidad de las Américas Puebla in Puebla, Mexico.

She will spend Summer 2009 with Bel Canto Artists at Caramoor.

She was awarded her BM in vocal performance and music education summa cum laude in 2000 from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Gliere performed with the Sorg and Whitewater opera companies from 1996-2001, in productions including La traviata, Lucia di Lammermoor, Madama Butterfly, and L’elisir d’amore. Other operatic credits at home and abroad include Le nozze di Figaro, L’amor delle tre melerance, Die Zauberflöte, and Albert Herring.

Jennifer is indeed related to the Russian composer Reinhold Gliere. Relatives from Brazil, Moscow, and Berlin have all taken part in forming an extensive family tree and discovering the rich Gliere family history back to 1350.

Outside of singing, Gliere enjoys teaching music theory and voice. Other interests include working with computers, camping/outdoors activities, genealogy, and cooking. Of these hobbies, her Siamese cat prefers activities in the kitchen, especially when they involve chicken.