American soprano Jessica Faselt completed her third season at the Metropolitan Opera as a member of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. Ms. Faselt returned this season to cover First Lady in Mozart’s Magic Flute. She made her Metropolitan Opera Debut as a Novice in Puccini’s Suor Angelica. She also made her Met: Live in HD Debut as Helmwige in Wagner’s Die Walküre. Following this performance, she was engaged to sing Helmwige in concert with the Boston Orchestra at the Tanglewood Music Festival. In the 19/20 Met Season, Ms. Faselt covered the Lady in Waiting in Verdi’s Macbeth.

Due to COVID-19, Ms. Faselt was unable to perform her scheduled roles with the Metropolitan Opera in the 2020/2021 season, which included The High Priestess in Verdi’s Aida, First Young Nun in Prokofiev’s The Fiery Angel, and Unborn 2 in Richard Strauss’ Die Frau ohne Schatten.

Most recently, Ms. Faselt received the 2021 Hildegard Behrens Foundation Award. She was the winner of the 2020 George London Award. Ms. Faselt received a 2019 Sarah Tucker Study Grant with the Richard Tucker Music Foundation.

Ms. Faselt was a winner of the 2018 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions where she was presented the Birgit Nilsson Award by the American Scandinavian Foundation.

Ms. Faselt was a Studio Artist with the Florida Grand Opera and with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Ms. Faselt received her Masters of Music from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and received her Bachelors of Music from the University of Iowa School of Music.