Opera & Classical: Biography
Linda Jackson, award-winning vocalist, composer and arranger, has recorded and arranged numerous vocals for television, film, radio and theater.
Most recently, she has performed leading roles Donna Elvira in Mozart's Don Giovanni with the Palisades Symphony, Elisabetta in Verdi's Don Carlo with the Verdi Opera Company and Frau Fluth in Nicolai's Merry Wives of Windsor for California State University, Northridge. She was featured in performances with the Emmy Award-winning Santa Monica College Opera Theatre in the principal roles of Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), the Countess (Le Nozzi di Figaro), and the title role in Carmen. Ms. Jackson performed the First Lady (The Magic Flute) and Giselda (I Lombardi) with Golden West Opera, Mama Lucia (Cavalleria Rusticana) with The Intimate Opera Company and Florence Pike in UCLA's production of Benjamin Britten's Albert Herring. She was featured as guest soloist for the Los Angeles Concert Orchestra, San Fernando Valley Symphony, St. Gregory Chamber Orchestra and the City of Bellflower Symphony Orchestra.
Ms. Jackson began her vocal studies with Dennis Parnell and coached with William Vendice, Valery Ryvkin, Frank Fetta and Sue Ann Pinner. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in vocal performance from UCLA and her Master of Music degree at California State University, Northridge where she studied with Dr. David Scott.