Jennifer Johnson Cano

Who is Jennifer Johnson Cano?

Jennifer Johnson Cano is an American operatic mezzo-soprano. She earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Webster University and a Master of Music degree from Rice University where she was a pupil of Kathleen Kaun. In 2008 she won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and in 2009 she won the Young Concert Artists competition and was the recipient of a Sullivan Foundation grant. She is formerly a member of the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.

In 2008 Cano made her professional opera debut with the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as The Muse/Nicklausse in Jacques Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann. In 2009 she made her debut at the Chicago Opera Theater as Kate Julian in Benjamin Britten's Owen Wingrave, and made her debut at the Met as one of the Bridesmaids in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro.