About Jordan
Mezzo-soprano, Jordan Swett has completed her Master’s in Music at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she was a member of the Maryland Opera Studio. She studies under the tutelage of world-renowned mezzo-soprano, Delores Ziegler. She participated in the virtual choir of the Mahler, Symphony No. 2, Finale in July 2020. Prior to the COVID-19 shutdown, she was a member of the Aspen Music Festival and School, where she portrayed Malla in "A Little Night Music," and covered the role of Petra. She was also the Marcellina cover for AMFS' production of "Le nozze di Figaro" that summer. She performed as the Second Lady from "Die Zauberflöte," Octavian from "Der Rosenkavalier," and Annio from "La clemenza di Tito" in featured Opera Scenes programs that summer, as well as being a featured soloist in concert at Harris Music Hall. She was seen as the Third Lady and Third Knabe in the Lyric Opera Studio Weimar’s production of “Die Zauberflöte” in the Summer 2018 season. Ms. Swett made her role and program debut as Mercédès in the Washington Opera Society’s 2018 production of “Carmen.” She was also seen in roles that include Mère Marie in “Dialogues des Carmélites,” in the spring of 2018, as Sesto in the Maryland Opera Studio’s fall 2017 production of “La clemenza di Tito,” and in the ensemble and covering roles with the Maryland Opera Studio’s spring 2017 season. She was also a featured soloist in various scenes in the Maryland Opera Studio’s Scenes performance. She premiered the role of The Weaver in the world premiere of “The Young King,” a new work commissioned and written for herself and her classmates in the Maryland Opera Studio. She has premiered many original compositions.
First Place Winner and Selected Mezzo-Soprano Soloist
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Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra, 2014
Ms. Swett was honored to attend the Chautauqua Voice Institute for the Summer 2017. She has also spent two summers in Arezzo, Italy, where she attended the Oberlin in Italy summer program for the 2015 and 2016 seasons, studying and performing roles such as Ottavia in “L’incoronazione di Poppea,” Arsamene in “Serse,” and Paride in “Paride ed Elena.” While completing her Bachelors in Music at the University of Connecticut, she had the opportunity to be in the choruses of the UConn Opera Theater’s productions of “Die Zauberflöte,” “Il Barbiere di Siviglia,” and “L’elisir d’amore.” She covered the roles of L’enfant in “L’enfant et les sortilèges,” Hansel in “Hansel and Gretel,” and Prince Orlofsky in “Die Fledermaus.” Ms. Swett performed the roles of Mrs. Jaffett in “Noye’s Fludde,” The Squirrel in “L’enfant et les sortilèges,” the Sandman in “Hansel and Gretel,” and Sally in “Die Fledermaus” while her tenure with the UConn Opera Theater.
Second Place
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"Best of Rossini" Competition, 2017
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In addition to her love of performing opera, she danced for fifteen years and is highly trained in ballet, pointe, jazz, and modern dance. She loves to read in her down time. She also is passionate about forensic science, as she studied it while completing her undergraduate studies in addition to her musical studies.
Jordan singing in a Master Class with Metropolitan Opera Soprano Danielle Talamantes at the Strathmore Music Center, 2017.
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Jordan singing for Corradina Caporello, Italian diction coach, 2017
