Rhoslyn Jones
Vocalists
— Soprano
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Manager: William G. Guerri
Management Territory: Worldwide
Soprano Rhoslyn Jones had several scene-stealing moments, but her true genius vocally came through in the final scene when she reunites the near-death Mimi with Rodolfo. Her voice was powerful and nuanced, particularly in the upper register, but it was the sheer humanity she brought to the scene that earned her the audience's resounding applause. She went from flightly, flirty party girl to this sympathetic, heart-beating-loudly human being that you wanted to hug and assure that everything would be OK. —Cathalena E. Burch - Arizona Daily Star
The big surprise was the assurance that the young Canadian soprano Rhoslyn Jones, in her VO debut and clearly on the verge of a major career, brought to the role of Tatyana. From naïve country girl pouring out her heart's first love to Onegin to mature socialite of Act II, Jones was vocally and theatrically impressive. —Robert Jordan - Opera Canada
Abbostford-born soprano Rhoslyn Jones has a sweet and effortlessly mellifluous voice...in the crucial early "Letter" scene, where she recklessly decides to reveal her true feelings for Onegin, her outpour of girlish fear and excitement is spot on." —Janet Smith - Vancouver Opera's Eugene Onegin
About
The young Canadian soprano Rhoslyn Jones has won the Mario Lanza Competition, the CBC Debut Competition, the Vancouver Women’s Musical Society Competition and was heard on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera as a national semi-finalist of the 2008 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
In addition to her great success in competitions, she has earned equal acclaim through her stage performances. Ms. Jones begins the 2009–2010 season in a concert of arias and duets with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Robert Minczuk. She joins the Colorado Symphony . . . for performances of Rachmaninoff’s The Bells and returns to Arizona Opera as Musetta in La bohème. She will close the season with a return to Vancouver Opera to make her role debut as the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro.
Ms. Jones began her 2008–2009 season with an invitation to the Competizione dell’Opera in Dresden at the Semperoper and made her company and role debut with Vancouver Opera as Tatyana in Eugene Onegin. She then made another company debut as Musetta with Pittsburgh Opera. During the 2007 - 2008 season Ms. Jones was heard in San Francisco Opera’s productions of Appomattox, The Magic Flute, and La Rondine and made her debut with Chicago Opera Theater as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni. Ms. Jones was an Adler Fellow with San Francisco Opera and made her debut with that company in the 2006 – 2007 season singing the role of Frasquita in Carmen. She has also appeared with Arizona Opera in the title role of Floyd’s Susannah. In the summer of 2008, Ms. Jones was a participant with The Steans Institute for Young Artists at the Ravinia Festival.
