American soprano, Jessica Faselt, is gaining stature as a promising young professional with an exciting voice. Jessica is known for her "keen expression and impressive delivery" in performance (Music in Cincinnati).
Jessica is the recipient of a 2019 Sarah Tucker Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation.
Jessica was awarded the Tito Cappobianco Memorial Award of 2019 by Opera Index.
Jessica was the recipient of the Birgit Nilsson Award of the American-Scandinavian Foundation in the 2018 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions after competing in the Grand Finals Concert with the Met Orchestra. The previous year in March of 2017 Jessica was a Semi-Finalist in the MONC Auditions.
Jessica is a member of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera.
​Jessica was an Emerging Young Artist with the Institute for Young Dramatic Voices in Reno, NV where she studied with internationally-acclaimed mezzo-soprano, Dolora Zajick in the summers of 2016 and 2017.
Jessica received the Tito Capobianco Memorial Award from the 2018 Opera Index Awards. Jessica was a semi-finalist with the Premiere Opera Foundation International Voice Competition and sang on the Premiere Opera Foundation Masterclass with Maestro Richard Bonynge. Jessica was a Semi-Finalist in the Elizabeth Connell Prize International Vocal Competition. She received the 2nd Place Award at the Opera Columbus Cooper-Bing International Voice Competition in 2017. She received an Encouragement Award at the Marcello Giordanni International Voice Competition in 2017. She was also a Semi-Finalist of the Eleanor McCollum Voice Competition with the Houston Grand Opera in February of 2016.
Jessica was a Gerdine Young Artist with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in the summer of 2015 and was again engaged with the company in the summer of 2016 covering the title role of Ariadne, in Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos. In Opera Theatre of Saint Louis' 2nd annual Center Stage Concert of 2016 Jessica sang Donna Anna in the first Act duet of Don Giovanni and The Marschallin in Strauss' famous trio of Der Rosenkavalier with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra lead by conductor, Stephen Lord.