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"The surprise of the evening was soprano Jessica Sandidge’s Micaëla, who delivered a floating, sensitively phrased “Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante” that elicited the show’s first bravos from the audience. Encountering her also reminded me why these delicate moments are so vital to Bizet’s original score: they give us a chance to breathe between set pieces, and help us appreciate the dark emotional places the story goes." Je dis que rien (Carmen) with Heartbeat Opera
Live performance in the Green Space at WQXR on May 24, 2017 Soprano Jessica Sandidge (Micaëla) Daniel Schlosberg, piano (and he created this new arrangement) Matheus Garcia Souza, violin, Michaël Attias, saxophone Tristan Kasten-Krause, double bass Video: Marika Hacking & Kim Nowacki Audio Engineer: Chase Culpon Producer: Merrin Lazyan & Eileen Delahunty |
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"Soprano Jessica Sandidge was an equally three-dimensional presence, marshaling a gorgeous tone and an exquisitely controlled quiet register as the lovelorn but resourceful proto-feminist Margaret, “resigned to worship him from the wings” but meanwhile learning every one of Ned’s lines [...] even as he remains cool to her." Leave, chattering ninnies & There've been times
(Prince of Players) by Carlisle Floyd Live performance February 26, 2017 Jessica Sandidge, soprano with Shea Owens, Baritone Conducted by Richard Cordova with Little Opera Theater of New York |
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"My guess is that it didn’t take too much work to help these young singers understand Puccini’s characters, especially Jessica Sandidge, who brings a melting soprano voice and vulnerability to Mimi, the winsome seamstress stricken with tuberculosis..." |
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Sì, mi chiamano Mimì & Donde lietà (La Bohème) Live performance July 7, 2016 Soprano Jessica Sandidge, with tenor, Dangelo Diaz conducted by Willie Anthony Waters with Martina Arroyo's Prelude to Performance |
Headshot and Resume
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