Jennifer Johnson Cano in Concert

First-prize winner in the 2009 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano appears in her recital debut this season in New York, sponsored by the Peter P. Marino Prize, and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.  Equally at home in the worlds of opera, lieder and chamber music, she appears as “Wellgunde” in Wagner’s Das Rheingold at The Metropolitan Opera, “Ludmilla” in The Metropolitan Opera and The Juilliard School’s joint production of The Bartered Bride, returns to the Chicago Opera Theater singing Schumann's Frauenliebe und leben, and tours with Musicians from Marlboro.  Ms. Johnson made her New York Philharmonic debut this season in Mendelssohn's Elijah, under the direction of conductor Alan Gilbert.  A native of St. Louis, she obtained her Bachelor's degree in Music from Webster University in St. Louis and a Master's degree from Rice University in Houston.