Jemeesa Yarborough,soprano -Voice Competition Boris Martinovich 2025 Final round contestant

Описание: Jemeesa Yarborough,soprano -International Voice Competition Boris Martinovich 2025 Final round contestant sings ''Tu che di gel sei cinta'' from Turandot by G.Puccini

Division: Professional

About Jemeesa:

Jemeesa Yarborough, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, made her national debut with Piedmont Opera in Robert Ward’s The Crucible. Yarborough has also made her European debut in the title role of Puccini’s Suor Angelica. She has been a young artist with Opera Saratoga(2016), Savannah Music Festival(2015) and Music Academy International(2015).

Yarborough made her Opera Wilmington debut as Mimi, in Puccini's La Boheme in 2019. She has been awarded 3rd place in the Cooper-Bing Competition in 2020 as well as the Stephen Prystowsky Young Vocalists Award in November 2019. In 2018, she was awarded 1st place in the Heafner/Williams competition. Yarborough has been the recipient of four District awards from Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions: one award in Colorado 2020, two North Carolina, in 2019 and 2017, and South Carolina, in 2016. She was a semifinalist in Houston Grand Opera’s 2016 Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers. Yarborough was awarded 1st place in the Euterpe Music Club of Greensboro Vocal Scholarship(2010) and received Senah C. and C.A. Kent Foundation Scholarship(2012).

Yarborough has appeared as the soloist for many works, including the southeast premiere of Raminsh's Missa Brevis in C Minor, Fauré’s Requiem and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 (2018). Most recently Yarborough has been seen singing at numerous “Opera around town” events with North Carolina Opera.