Jane Burnell

Praised for her effortless, vivacious singing and deep musicality, award-winning British/Irish Soprano Jane Burnell was the 2021/22 Sussex Young Musician of the Year, a Finalist of the 2022 Joyce and Michael Kennedy Award for the Singing of Strauss at the RNCM and a 2023 Buxton Opera Young Artist (where she returns in 2024 as a Principal Artist). She recently received a Master of Music in Vocal and Opera Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) under the tutelage of international Soprano, Linda Richardson. Her opera roles include: Pamina The Magic Flute (Leeds Youth Opera), Due Donne Le Nozze di Figaro (RNCM Opera), La Novizia Suor Angelica (Random Opera Company), Adele Die Fledermaus (LCSU Opera Society), Belinda/Second Woman Dido and Aeneas (LUUMS Opera Society), Chorus & Mabel (cover) Pirates of Penzance (Rocket Opera) and Chorus La Sonnambula (Buxton Opera). Opera Scenes include: Zerlina Don Giovanni (RNCM Opera) Guilia La Scala di Seta (RNCM Opera), Rosaura Le Donne Curiose (RNCM Opera) and Semele Semele (Leeds Conservatoire). Jane is a regular concert soloist, performing with choirs and orchestras all across the UK, including: Mozart Exsultate Jubilate (Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra), Handel Messiah (Skipton Camerata), Bach B Minor Mass, Mozart Requiem and Bach Christmas Oratorio. Jane is a passionate Baroque soloist, performing regularly with Manchester Baroque, and in 2022 Jane was as a soloist for The Great Yorkshire Proms with the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra, alongside Sir Willard White and Aled Jones. As a recitalist, Jane has performed at The Bridgewater Hall, Leeds Town Hall and the Howard Assembly Room, and gives regular song recitals in churches and cathedrals across the UK. She has also performed in Opera Gala’s with Rocket Opera and Clonter Opera. Alongside performing, Jane is a keen conductor and in 2021 she conducted Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas with the Leeds Conservatoire Student Union Opera Society. She also works regularly as a Workshop Leader with Leeds Lieder Education Programme delivering art song workshops in schools.