Jennifer Sung

Voice

e-mail: jennifer.sung@csulb.edu

Lyric coloratura soprano Jennifer Sung enjoys a dynamic career in North America, Europe, and Asia. Dr. Sung’s most recent work includes residencies in Berlin and New York City. Hailed for her "flexible" and "rich Mozartean singing," her career highlights roles in bel canto operatic repertoire, such as the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor, Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, and Adina in L’elisir d’amore. She was also seen as Mimì in La bohème, Gretel in Hansel und Gretel, Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Blonde in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Adele in Die Fledermaus, Madame Herz in Der Schauspieldirektor, La Fée in Cendrillon, Anna in Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, as well as many others.

Equally at home on the concert and recital stage, Dr. Sung is engaged to perform a recital of Lithuanian art songs at the International College Music Society Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania during the Summer of 2023. She has also performed as a soprano soloist in various oratorio and concert works, including Haydn’s Die Schöpfung, Bach’s Mass in B minor, Saint-Saëns’ Oratorio de Noël, Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Little Organ Mass, Scarlatti’s Su le sponde del Tebro, and many others.

Dr. Sung’s students are recognized nationally and internationally. Her students have won numerous regional and national competitions, such as the Collegiate Vocal Competition Opera Grand Rapids, NATS Cal-Western Competition, Redlands Bowl Young Artist Competition, Southern California Philharmonic Young Artist Competition, NATS LA Collegiate Competition, TOCA Competition and many others. Her students were also invited to join many prestigious international music festivals such as the Martina Arroyo Foundation, AIMS Graz, Miami Music Festival, Vienna Music Festival, Austrian American Mozart Academy, Narnia Festival Emerging Artists Program, etc.

Dr. Jennifer Sung holds a B.M. degree from Eastman School of Music, an M.M. degree from Manhattan School of Music, and a D.M.A. degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She has previously served as a voice instructor at Grand Valley State University and Stony Brook University.