Meet WNO
Jess Dandy
Overview
Cumbrian contralto Jess Dandy was shortlisted for a Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist Award. She was also the contralto soloist at the First Night of the Proms 2021. Her Wigmore Hall debut and a solo recital with Malcom Martineau at Perth Concert Hall were both broadcast on Radio 3.
Recent engagements: Soloist in Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music (BBC Symphony Orchestra); Soloist in Bach’s St Matthew Passion (BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales); Soloist in Mahler’s Symphony No 8 (Minnesota Orchestra); Soloist in Handel’s Messiah (Britten Sinfonia); and sang the role of Bradamante in Vivaldi’s Orlando Furioso (La Seine Musicale).