Jane Archibald is a Canadian operatic soprano from Nova Scotia. Born in Truro, she began her professional opera career in Canada before joining the San Francisco Opera as an Adler Fellow. Her career was elevated by a performance as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos in 2007, a role she has reprised more than any other. Her first solo CD was the winner of a 2012 Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year.
Jane Archibald was born in Truro, Nova Scotia.[1] Her father was a physician, and her mother worked for the government.[2] She attended high school at Cobequid Educational Centre, and went on to earn a Bachelor of Music from Wilfrid Laurier University.[2] She began taking solo voice lessons at the age of 11, and sang in choirs such as the First Baptist Girls' Choir during her youth.[2]
Career
Archibald began her career in professional opera in Canada, before joining the San Francisco Opera as an Adler Fellow in 2005, making her debut as Elvira in Rossini's L'Italiana in Algeri.[3] After undertaking a training program through San Francisco Opera, she sang her debut at the Vienna State Opera as Queen of the Night in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte.[4] Her career gained momentum in 2007 when she stepped in as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos by R. Strauss at the Geneva and Vienna State Operas, earning critical acclaim.[5] Zerbinetta became one of Archibald's signature roles, reprised more than any other.[6] During her time with the Vienna State Opera, she sang other roles such as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier by R. Strauss.[4]
Strauss, Johann; Phillips, Susanna; Archibald, Jane; Costanzo, Anthony Roth; Fabiano, Michael; Maltman, Christopher; Szot, Paulo; Fischer, Ádám; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) (2014), Die Fledermaus, [New York, New York]: [Metropolitan Opera], OCLC889873105
Kohlhepp, Sebastian; Bršlík, Pavol; Archibald, Jane; Morley, Erin; Thielemann, Christian; Lehár, Franz; Unitel (2019), Christian Thielemann conducts Franz Lehár's The Land of Smiles: Staatskapelle Dresden, Unitel, OCLC1190903629
Archibald, Jane; Millar, Cynthia; Brown, Michael (2017), Messiaen: Poèmes Pour Mi; Trois Petites Liturgies De La Présence Divine (in French), [United States]: Seattle Symphony Media, OCLC1038411286
Strauss, Richard; Rückert, Friedrich; Schiller, Friedrich; Archibald, Jane; Pecková, Dagmar; Stoklossa, Eric; Gleadow, Robert; Equilbey, Laurence; Latvijas Radio koris; Accentus (Musical group) (2009), A cappella (in German), [France]: Naïve, OCLC811550292
Strauss, Richard; Hofmannsthal, Hugo von; Arlaud, Philippe; Large, Brian; Fleming, Renée; Koch, Sophie; Schulte, Eike Wilm; Smith, Robert Dean; Archibald, Jane; Thielemann, Christian; Staatskapelle Dresden (2012), Ariadne auf Naxos Oper in einem Prolog und einem Akt (in German), [Mainz]: ZDF [u.a.], OCLC984763870
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Rhorer, Jérémie; Archibald, Jane; Reinhardt, Norman (2019), Die Entführung aus dem Serail (in German), [Europe], [France]: Alpha classics, Outhere music France, OCLC1182594143
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