Felicity Jackson
2006 Regional Judge

Felicity Jackson began her career in 1979 at the Glyndebourne Festival after gaining degrees from Cambridge and Exeter Universities and studying voice at the Guildhall School of Music. Her posts have included Head of Artistic Planning at the Opéra National in Brussels, Casting Manager of the Glyndebourne Festival, Director of Artistic Administration at the Canadian Opera Company and Glimmerglass Opera and General Manager of the European Union Opera, a company providing training and performance opportunities for young European singers. Ms. Jackson has been Casting Consultant to major European and North American opera companies, including Oper Leipzig, Netherlands Opera, Pisa Opera, Canadian Opera Company and Florida Grand Opera and has managed artistic projects for the BBC, the Edinburgh Festival, the Sommerakademie Gütersloh, Montepulciano Cantiere Internationale d'Arte, the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Chicago Opera Theater. She has adjudicated major vocal competitions in England, Belgium, Germany, Canada, and the US, and is a frequent conference speaker and panelist, and contributor to publications on singer training. She is currently Ensemble Director at Florida Grand Opera, where she runs the company’s young artist training programs.

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