JENNIFER GLIERE, from Cincinnati, Ohio, has been described as “a sensitive artist who knows how to turn a phrase while giving urgent meaning to the text.” She has appeared in recital and oratorio in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, and throughout the United States. Her repertoire runs the gamut from Barbara Strozzi chamber music and cantatas, early Baroque zarzuelas, Handel’s Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, Bach’s B Minor Mass/Magnificat, and Rossini’s Stabat Mater to Luigi Dallapiccola’s Canti di Prigionia and Poulenc’s Gloria. She was pleased to celebrate Pope Francis’ visit to the US by singing in his Mass in Madison Square Garden and soloing in Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace with Camerata New York. Summer 2019 found her performing recitals in the Ural Mountains and Siberia.

Equally at home on the concert and operatic stages, Gliere has garnered rave reviews for her portrayal of many operatic heroines; OperaWire noted that her Violetta was a “delicate powerhouse... displaying vocal effervescence as good as any champagne.” She has been involved with productions at the Bard Opera Theatre and appearances with Amor Artis and New Opera New York. Favorite operatic credits at home and abroad include Le nozze di Figaro, La bohème, and The Telephone/Old Maid and the Thief. Jennifer is indeed related to the composer Reinhold Gliere; he is a first cousin. 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. In addition to singing, Gliere plays a violin made by her great-great-grandfather.