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{{short description|American operatic soprano}}
'''Jayne West''' is an American [[opera]]tic [[soprano]], who was born in [[White Plains, New York]], and was raised in [[Framingham, Massachusetts]]. After graduation from [[Oberlin College]], she moved to Boston, where she studied at the [[Boston Conservatory]].▼
'''Jayne West''' (born April 24, 1955) is an American [[opera]]tic [[soprano]]
==Life and career==
West has appeared with the Austin Lyric Opera (Pamina in ''[[Die Zauberflöte]]''), Berkshire Opera Company (Donna Elvira in ''[[Don Giovanni]]'', and Anne Trulove in ''[[The Rake's Progress]]''), Boston Baroque (''[[Acis and Galatea (Handel)|Acis and Galatea]]''), [[Boston Landmarks Orchestra]] ([[Beethoven's Ninth Symphony]]),<ref>[http://www.celebrateboston.com/landmarks-orchestra/beethoven-9th-symphony.htm “Beethoven’s 9th, A Great Performance!”]</ref> [[Houston Grand Opera]], Nashville Opera, Opera Festival of New Jersey, Opera/Omaha (world premiere of Weisgall's ''The Gardens of Adonis''), [[Opera Quotannis]], and Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie. She was also in the 1985 world-premiere of the Glass/Moran ''[[The Juniper Tree (opera)|The Juniper Tree]]''.▼
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▲West has appeared with the Austin Lyric Opera (Pamina in ''[[Die Zauberflöte]]''), Berkshire Opera Company (Donna Elvira in ''[[Don Giovanni]]'', and Anne Trulove in ''[[The Rake's Progress]]''), Boston Baroque (''[[Acis and Galatea (Handel)|Acis and Galatea]]''), [
West also premiered the [[Mark Morris (choreographer)|Mark Morris]] Dance Group's productions of ''L'allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato'', ''[[Dido and Æneas]]'', and ''[[Four Saints in Three Acts]]''. The soprano has been heard with the orchestras of Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Detroit, Pensacola, Philadelphia, Seattle, Utah and Washington DC; and has sung at the festivals of Bethlehem Bach, Saito Kinen, San Antonio and Tanglewood.
She portrayed Contessa Almaviva in [[Peter Sellars]]' production of ''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]'', which was seen in Barcelona, Boston, New York, Paris and Vienna. It was made into a film (1989), as well. West also sings in [[Robert Craft]]'s important recording of ''The Rake's Progress'' (with [[Jon Garrison]], 1993). She can be heard in two excerpts from Handel's ''Hercules'' (1999), on the recording entitled "Lorraine at Emmanuel," The soprano also sang cameo roles in two historic recordings, the original version of Cherubini's ''Médée'' (as A Lady of Dircé, 1987) and Gluck's ''Iphigénie en Tauride'' (as the Second Priestess and the goddess Diane, 1999).
In 2009, West appeared with the Boston Secession in the world-premiere performance of [[Ruth Lomon]]'s ''Testimony of Witnesses'', a concert-length oratorio based on the poetry and writings of survivors and victims of the [[Holocaust]], under the direction of [[Jane Ring Frank]]. Earlier, she had recorded the same composer's "Songs of Remembrance," for CRI.
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== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.jaynewest.com/pages/home.htm Official website]
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