Hailed as an “exciting dramatic soprano” (Opera Canada) with a “command over a powerful range of expressive emotion” (The Whole Note), Jaclyn Grossman's 2024/2025 season features a series of exciting debut performances: Brünnhilde in Die Walküre with Edmonton Opera (Canada) and Nedda in Pagliacci and Nella in Gianni Schicchi with Opera Kelowna (Canada). Last season, Jaclyn performed the role of Freia in Das Rheingold with Edmonton Opera and joined the Buffalo Philharmonic (USA) as the soprano soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony under JoAnn Falletta. She recently completed residencies with Pacific Opera Victoria, Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music, and the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme.

Jaclyn recently performed the title role in Bas Sheve (Henech Kon), a Yiddish opera in its North American premiere with the Ashkenaz Festival, the Milken Center, UCLA, and Yiddish Summer Weimar, and covered Judith with Against the Grain Theatre’s Bluebeard’s Castle. During the 2021-2022 season, Jaclyn was a resident artist with the Banff Opera in the 21st Century Program and Sewanee Summer Music Festival; during which she performed excerpts of the Krystyna in Two Remain, Helmwige in Die Walküre, Female Chorus in Rape of Lucretia, the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier, Anne in Singing Only Softly, Littler Daughter in Proving Up, and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni.

A proud co-founder of Likht Ensemble, Jaclyn is passionate about sharing music by Jewish composers from the Holocaust. She is keen to explore the intersection of the Germanic repertoire and Jewish voices that were silenced. This season, Likht will be in residence with Pacific Opera Victoria, where they will perform recitals and provide educational programming around antisemitism in Wagner’s Ring Cycle. In past seasons, Likht’s ongoing recital series, the Shoah Songbook, saw performances with the Chattanooga Symphony, the Canadian Opera Company, the Schulich School of Music, and the Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company. Likht has received support from the Committee for Yiddish, Ontario Arts Council, and the Canada Council for the Arts.

In her various roles, Jaclyn thrives on singing opera and art song, discovering new repertoire, sharing music from the Holocaust, working with a community of artists, exploring how artists can better engage with the opera sector, developing leadership programs, and above all, connecting with others.