Born in Portugal, Jennifer Smith is one of the foremost sopranos of her generation. Her more than fifty recordings include the
B Minor Mass with Frans Brüggen, the Bach
Magnificat and Vivaldi
Nulla in mundo pax sincera with Michel Corboz,
Les Nuits d’Été with Sir Charles Mackerras, the Burgon
Requiem with Richard Hickox, de Falla
Retablo de Maese Pedro with Simon Rattle, Handel
Amadigi and
La Resurrezione, Lully
Phaëton, Marais
Alcyone and Rameau
Platée with Marc Minkowski,
Messiah with Jean-Claude Malgoire,
L’Allegro, il Moderato e il Penseroso,
Hercules,
The Fairy Queen,
King Arthur and
Les boréades with Sir John Eliot Gardiner,
Ottone with Robert King,
Silete venti with Trevor Pinnock,
Exsultate Jubilate with Patrick Peire and Vivaldi
Dixit Dominus with Stephen Cleobury. Most recently released are
Alfred and
Serse with Nicholas McGegan, Greif
Chants de l’Âme,
Orphée aux Enfers with Marc Minkowski and
Saudade, Amor e Morte (Iberian Song Books of the 16th and 17th centuries).
Concert work has included performances with the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, The Camerata St Petersburg, the CBTO, the CLSO, Collegium Instrumentale Brugense, the English Baroque Soloists, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Gulbenkian Orchestra, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, Les Arts Florissants, the Manchester Camerata, the OAE, the Philharmonia, the Philharmonia Baroque and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Recital engagements have included the Alicante Festival with Michael Kiener, the Ittingen and Mondsee Festival with Andras Schiff and the Wigmore Hall with the late Geoffrey Parsons, whilst television appearances have included Judas Maccabæus with Sir Roger Norrington, Christmas in Rome with Trevor Pinnock and Tony Palmer’s film England, My England.
