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'''Jayne West''' is an American [[opera]]tic [[soprano]], who was born in [[White Plains, New York]], and was raised in [[Framingham, Massachusetts]]. AFterAfter graduation from [[Oberlin College]], she moved to Boston, where she studied at the [[Boston Conservatory]].
 
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]]''.
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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]].
 
SinceAs ''circa''of 19972011, the soprano lives in [[Amesbury, Massachusetts]], and is on the voice faculty at the [[Longy School of Music]].
 
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