Jennifer Freye is a passionate vocal artist who recently relocated to the Central Coast. She is a resident artist with Opera San Luis Obispo with which she performed the role of Rosalinde in the company’s production of “Die Fledermaus” in May 2023. She also performed in its fall 2022 production of “Carousel” and covered the role of Nettie Fowler.

Freye was recently a soloist with the Lompoc Pops Orchestra and has also performed with the Lompoc Valley Master Chorale. In 2017 she had the opportunity to sing her first Brünnhilde, covering the role in Wagner’s “Siegfried” with Valhalla Productions, a regional opera company in San Francisco. She has also performed the role of Sieglinde in Wagner’s “Die Walküre” with Verismo Opera and the role of Donna Elvira in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” for Opera of California in San Francisco.

Some of her other performing highlights include roles such as Freia in Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” with Verismo Opera, Magda in Menotti’s “The Consul” with IVAI, Montreal in its Grand Finale Scenes Concert, Nedda in Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” under the baton of Curt Pajer with Verismo Opera, and First Handmaiden in West Bay Opera’s production of “Turandot.” Other credits include title roles in “Cendrillon,” “Susannah,” Marcellina “Le nozze di Figaro,” and Erste Dame in Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” with the Charlemagne Orchestra under the direction of conductor Bartholomeus-Henri Van de Velde in Belgium.

She is a two-time finalist of the NATS festival, professional division, as well as a finalist in the Young Stars of the Future competition, and she was a festival artist with the Intimate Opera Company in Pasadena.

Freye holds a Master of Music degree in vocal performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and a Bachelor of Music degree in voice from California State University, Fullerton.