Jessica Pray

Jessica Pray, soprano, has been noted for her “indomitable spirit” and “sweet, clear quality” by The Day, and for her “exquisite control and warm vocal timbre” by The Florida Times-Union.  Her recent opera credits include the roles of Polly in The Threepenny Opera with Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Despina in Cosí fan tutte, and Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, both with Yale Opera.

Concert and Oratorio soloist credits include Cunegonde in Candide with the Eastern Connecticut Symphony, Faure’s Requiem with the Jacksonville Symphony, Bach’s Mass in B minor with Orchestra Iowa, Messiah with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with the Yale Symphony Orchestra, and Gabriel in The Creation with the Yale Philharmonia Orchestra. Jessica also recently performed as a guest artist at Carnegie Hall and The Greene Space in NYC.

Jessica earned a Master of Music in Voice from the Yale School of Music in May 2017, where she studied with Doris Yarick-Cross, and was the 2017 winner of the David L. Kasdon Memorial Prize. She also earned a Bachelor of Music from the University of Iowa in 2015, where she studied with Dr. Rachel Joselson.