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Mezzo-soprano (coloratura)
Jennifer Larmore is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer, particularly noted for her performances in coloratura and bel canto roles which she has performed in the world's major opera houses. She was a professor at the Music College of Seoul National University from March 2021 to March 2024.In 2025 she sings “The Countess” in Pique Dame of Tchaikovsky at Teatro Reggio, Torino and at Berlin Deutsche Oper.
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Larmore made her professional debut in 1986 at Opéra de Nice as Sesto in Mozart's *La clemenza di Tito*, launching a career that would establish her as one of the finest mezzo-sopranos of her generation. Over nearly four decades, she has become the definitive Rosina in Rossini's *Il barbiere di Siviglia* and a commanding presence in bel canto, Romantic, and contemporary repertoire across the world's leading opera houses. Since 2000, she has simultaneously built an equally distinguished career as a master teacher and vocal pedagogue, shaping the next generation of singers while maintaining an active performance schedule and authoring influential works on vocal technique and artistry.
Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for *Hansel and Gretel* (2007)
Westminster Choir College (undergraduate, voice); Music Academy of the West (summer conservatory, 1982)
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