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The American contralto Jasmin White, an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and a Cherokee-TERO-certified Indigenous fine artist, obtained her Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Arts program from the University of Southern California (2015); her Master of Music degree in Voice program from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; and her Artist Diploma in Opera Studies program from the Juilliard School (2022). Following her formal university education, she pursued specialized post-graduate training as a member of the Opernstudio at the Volksoper Wien in Vienna (2022-2024). She currently studies with Eytan Pessen in Vienna. In 2023, she won first place in the Queen Sonja Singing Competition in Norway and second place and the audience-awarded Musiq3 Prize of the Public in the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium. In 2026, she was awarded both the Herbert von Karajan Prize and the Österreichischer Musiktheaterpreis for Best Newcomer.
Jasmin White “has it all” (VRT News). Their deep, flexible, warm and agile voice exudes charisma that captures an audience from their first note. White possesses a remarkable versatility, adapting both vocal technique and stage presence to seamlessly navigate diverse genres; they can shift from the light and charming demands of Rossini, requiring "a smile, kindness, cordiality, quietly and with the greatest of ease," to the profound depths of Wagner’s drama. In this realm of Wagnerian mystery and power, their mature voice becomes "beautiful and full of pathos, perfectly in their element”. (Knopskaya, Deknopper from Cultuurpakt).
Jasmin White worked at The Metropolitan Opera in New York City (August 2019-April 2022). She is currently a member of the ensemble at Volksoper Wien (since Septenber 2022). Over the seasons, she has performed Die Fledermaus (Prinz Orlofsky), Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (Frau Reich), Der fliegende Holländer (Mary), Pirates of Penzance (Pirate King), W.A. Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (Dritte Dame), Gianni Schicchi (Zita) and Gospel According to the Other Mary (Martha). Operatic highlights include Handel's Semele (Juno) with Dutch National Opera, having previously made her debut there as The Historian in the world premiere of The Shell Trial, Wagner's Das Rheingold (Erda) at the Osterfestspiele Salzburg and in concert with Berliner Philharmoniker, a debut at Teatro dell’opera di Roma as Erste Geist in Robert Schumann's Manfred, as well as mezzo soloist in John Adams’ El Niño with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and American Modern Opera Company.
Jasmin White begins the 2026-2027 season performing in George Frideric Handel's Alcina (Bradamante) in a house debut with Opéra de Lille, before returning to Dutch National Opera for Der fliegende Holländer (Mary). On the concert stage, they feature in Verdi's Requiem with the Polish National Opera, a new tour with renown baroque orchestra, Il pomo d'Oro, and will return to France for a concert and recital this summer.
Jasmin White married Gabriel Judah on July 22, 2022 and she currently lives in Vienna, Austria. |
