Soprano Jesica Santino is an emerging artist based in Philadelphia. In her 25/26 season, Jesica is excited to join Delaware Valley Opera Company, covering the role of Mrs. Gobineau in Menotti’s The Medium.
In her 24/25 season, Jesica was a young artist with Trentino Music Festival, performing as Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro, and was featured in scenes from The Tales of Hoffman as Giulietta.
During the 23/24 season, Ms. Santino made her role debut as The Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Die Zuaberflöte with the Matador Opera Workshop in Lubbock, TX. Additionally, she was a featured soloist in The Opera Project’s Harvest Concert, and presented her Master’s Recital at Temple University.
In previous seasons, Jesica has been seen on stage as Eliza (cover, Dark Sisters), Lola (Gallantry), Martha (Martha), and Mrs. Fiorentino (Street Scene). She has also performed scenes as Marie (La fille du régiment), Josephine (H.M.S. Pinafore), Tytania (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte).
Jesica has performed with Delaware Valley Opera Company, Temple Opera Theater, Trentino Music Festival, Matador Opera Workshop, The NJ Opera Project, A Modern Reveal, UTulsa Opera Theater, and The Institute for the International Education of Students (I.E.S.) Abroad Music Summer Program.
On the concert stage, Ms. Santino has been a soloist in Benjamin Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb, and a cover for Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music with The University of Tulsa’s Capella Chamber Singers, and as the soprano soloist in Johannes Brahms’ Liebeslieder-Walzer in the IES Abroad Summer Concert.
Jesica is honored to have won various awards and competitions, including the Sigma Alpha Iota (S.A.I.) Patroness Scholarship for Music, she was named a Recognition Recitalist with the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, received the S.A.I. Alumnae Chapter Cindy Harmon Scholarship, the Hyechka Club of Tulsa’s Laven Sowell Collegiate Vocal Award, the S.A.I. Summer Music Scholarship, and the Mary Bowles Memorial Scholarship. She has been a masterclass participant with Mary Jane Johnson, Dean Anthony, Amy Shoremount-Obra, Marcus DeLoach, Kyle and Laura Pfortmiller, Mitchell Piper, Michelle Friedman, and Kristen Roach.
Originally from New Mexico, Jesica lives in Philadelphia with her cat and dog, and continues her studies with mezzo-soprano Kathryn Leemhuis. She holds degrees from Temple University and The University of Tulsa.