"To hear Jacob Soulliere sing is to be transported to another time and place, one where the complexities and sometimes agonies of modern life are soothed through the power of an extraordinary voice."
Biography
Jacob Soulliere, baritone, is an award-winning young opera singer with aspirations of singing at the Metropolitan Opera. Jacob began his early career singing as a member of the Phoenix Boys Choir with Georg Stangelberger (Vienna Boys Choir emeritus) and as chorister under the direction of Kirk Douglas and Nancie Tobison at Boulder Creek Highschool in anthem, Arizona. Since then, Jacob has been singing and performing classical music and oratorios as well as understudying operas around the southwest. In 2017 Soulliere was named “One of Arizona’s finest young musicians” by Arizona Musicfest Music Director, Robert Moody. Jacob was asked to make a solo appearance at the Musical Instrument Museum in recognition of this award. Jacob was selected by American composer, conductor and lecturer, Z. Randall Stroope to sing a choral solo at Carnegie Hall in 2018. In October, Jacob had the privilege to sing Raphael in Haydn’s The Creation with the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra as well as Handel’s Messiah with orchestra under the direction of 4-time- Grammy Winner Vance George in December. In 2019 Jacob received an Encouragement Award at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in the Rocky Mountain District. He was the youngest singer to win an award that year. In December of 2019, Jacob was invited to sing at the White House to perform as a guest soloist at a Christmas Gala for Donald Trump. In addition, Jacob was the soloist in Schubert’s Mass in G Major with Orchestra under the baton of Adam Stich. Summer 2020, Jacob was accepted in the Premiere Opera Vocal Arts Institute where he was selected to work with Danielle Orlando, Luis Ledesma, and Jane Eaglen. In 2021 Jacob was accepted to some of the most music prestigious schools in the world. Manhattan School of Music, New England Conservatory, Kent State University, and Arizona State University. In addition, Jacob was selected for the Curtis institute of Music auditions three consecutive years in a row under former Director of Vocal Studies Danielle Orlando and current Director, Eric Owens. Jacob is a former student of famed mezzo Soprano Mary Sue Hyatt (Chair emerita of Vocal Studies at Kent State University) Currently Jacob studies voice with Marlena Malas. (Professor of voice at the Curtis institute of Music, Juilliard, and the Manhattan school of Music) Alongside side Malas, Henri Venanzi is Jacob’s coach and official accompanist. Venanzi has accompanied Metropolitan Opera stars Martina Arroyo, Jerry Hadley, Mignon Dunn, Kathleen Battle, Italo Tajo and Sandra Radvanovsky. Mr. Venanzi has invited Mr. Soulliere to sing in the Arizona Opera and Cincinnati Opera productions again as a contracted singer for this upcoming season. In addition Jacob was invited to Chautauqua Opera for there summer productions. Jacob has worked closely with well-known opera/voice coaches including Mikael Eliasen, Julia Faulkner, Reed Woodhouse, Reese Revak, John Sikora, and Metropolitan Opera veteran, Vernon Hartman. In addition he has worked with renowned conductors including Joseph Mechavich, Juan Montoya, Bob Chilcott, Ludwig Wicki, Kent Tritle and more. Jacob is currently studying at the Manhattan School of Music in New York pursuing his Bachelors Degree in Vocal Performance. Jacob continues to work alongside the Director of Music Ministries, Mary Sue Hyatt at Christ the Lord Lutheran Church in Carefree, Arizona.
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