Jenni Samuelson is one of the most versatile artists performing today. She has performed in over 25 lead roles with companies throughout the country including the San Francisco Opera Center, Western Opera Theater, Eugene Opera, Opera San Jose, Cinnabar Theater, Chicago Light Opera Works and The Skylight in Milwaukee. Her signature roles include:  Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro); Musetta (La Boheme); Rosina (The Barber of Seville); Despina (Cosi fan tutte); Adina (The Elixir of Love); Nanetta (Falstaff); Phyllis (Iolanthe) and Johanna (Sweeney Todd).

Concert appearances have been equally varied and include: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 by Villa-Lobos; Dona Nobis Pacem by Vaughn Williams; Bach’s B minor Mass, Magnificat and Christmas Oratorio; Handel’s Messiah; Mozart’s Requiem and C Minor Mass and Monteverdi’s Vespers. She has performed with the Carmel Bach Festival, San Francisco Chorale, Sonoma Bach Society, Merced Symphony, and Santa Rosa Symphony.

She is a consummate chamber musician, and has performed the Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes several times, most recently with Music in the Vineyards in Napa, California, one of the country’s leading chamber music festivals. Other performances of chamber works include: Bach’s Coffee Cantata; Berio’s Folk Songs and the world premiere of Return Receipts by Amanda McTigue nd Jeff Langley.

Samuelson received her Master of Music in Vocal Performance from Northwestern University in 1997, and was a three-time regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.