Shannon
Jennings

Recent Engagements

Sweeney Todd
2022
Opera Omaha
Beggar Woman Cover
Shannon will join Opera Omaha to cover the role of Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim as part of the company's 2021-22 season.
Opera Omaha
Feb. 25, 27 - 2022
Sweeney Todd
Feb
July
16
2021
Wolf Trap Opera
Shannon returns to Wolf Trap Opera for their 2021 season, singing the title role in Pauline Viardot's rarely performed salon opera, Cendrillon.
Wolf Trap Opera
July 16, 2021
Cinderella
Cinderella (Viardot)
Cinderella (Marie)

Salon Series
11
June
2021
Wolf Trap Opera
Soloist
Shannon sang as a soprano soloist in Wolf Trap Opera's 2021 Salon Series with baritone Conor McDonald, pianist Joseph Li, and trumpeter Kenneth Rittenhouse. A program of Samuel Barber, Benjamin Britten, and Cole Porter.
Wolf Trap Opera
June 11, 2021
Salon Series

Women, Their Voices...
3
Nov
2020
Washington Concert Opera
Soprano Soloist
Shannon performed “We Cannot Retrace Our Steps” from The Mother of Us All in Washington Concert Opera's production, "Women, Their Voices, and Nothing Less".
Washington Concert Opera
November 3, 2020
Women, Their Voices, and Nothing Less

A Sea Symphony
22
Feb
2020
Ashville Symphony Orchestra
by Ralph Vaughn Williams
Shannon sings the soprano soloist in Vaughn William's A Sea Symphony with the Ashville Symphony Orchestra.
Ashville Symphony Orchestra
February 22, 2020
A Sea Symphony

10th Anniversary Celebration
6
Sept
2019
Virginia Opera & Richmond Symphony
Soloist
RPAA will celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the opening of Dominion Energy Center for the Performing Arts.
Virginia Opera & Richmond Symphony
September 6, 2019 - 7:30pm
10th Anniversary Celebration

Le vin herbé
Le vin herbé
February
9-10
2019
Saturday Februrary 9th, 2019 - 7:30pm
Sunday February 10th, 2019 - 3pm
Wolf Trap Opera - The Barns
Shannon sang role of Iseut la Blonde in this retelling of the story of Tristan and Isolde, composed by Swiss composer Frank Martin.
Wolf Trap Opera - The Barns
Iseut la Blonde

Three Decembers
2022
Virginia Opera
Beatrice Cover
Shannon will join Virginia Opera to cover the role of Beatrice in Three Decembers by Jake Heggie as part of the company's 2021-22 season.
Virginia Opera
Jan 28, 29, 30, Feb. 5, 6, 11, 13 - 2022
Three Decembers
Jan/Feb
July
2-3 2021
Wolf Trap Opera
Shannon returns to Wolf Trap Opera for their 2021 season, singing Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd with the National Symphony Orchestra.
Wolf Trap Opera
July 2 - 3 2021
Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd
Beggar Woman
Die Zauberflöte
21, 26
Feb
2021
Palm Beach Opera
Erste Dame
Shannon performed the role of Erste Dame in W.A. Mozart's imaginary classic, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute).
Palm Beach Opera
February 21 & 26, 2021
Die Zauberflöte
Scenes from Eugene Onegin
16
Aug
2020
Wolf Trap Opera
as Tatyana
Shannon performed the role of Tatyana in scenes from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin with Wolf Trap Opera.
Wolf Trap Opera
August 16, 2020
Eugene Onegin

Tosca
1-3
Nov
2019
Annapolis Opera
Tosca
Shannon returns to Annapolis opera to perform the title role in the classic tragedy, Tosca.
Annapolis Opera
November 1 2019 - 7:30pm
November 3 2019 - 3pm
Tosca

The World Turned Upside Down
The World Turned Upside Down
June
22-30
2019
Saturday June 22, 2019 -
Sunday June 30, 2019
Wolf Trap Opera - The Barns
Shannon will perform the roles of Argentine is Merlin's Island and Girl in The Emperor of Atlantis in her return to Wolf Trap Opera.
Wolf Trap Opera - The Barns
a double bill of
Merlin's Island by Gluck
The Emperor of Atlantis by Ullmann

Carmen
Carmen
March
15-17
2019
Friday March 15th, 2019 - 8pm
Sunday March 17th, 2019 - 3pm
Annapolis Opera
Shannon performed the role of Michaëla in Annapolis Opera's production of Bizet's sexy and dramatic Carmen.
Annapolis Opera
Micaëla

Recital at Lost Boy Recital
March 22
2022
Washington Concert Opera
Shannon Jennings, soprano
David Hanlon, piano
Shannon returned to Washington Concert Opera for a cabaret-style evening of Cuban zarzuela, Spanish song, Kurt Weill, and more. Your RSVP includes access to the event (social time + performance) PLUS two (2) complimentary drink tokens. $20, or FREE for YWCO members.
Washington Concert Opera
March 22, 2022
Young WCO Spring Event
Lost Boy Cider, Alexandria
Knoxville: Summer of 1915
May
2022
Lancaster Symphony Orchestra
Shannon joined the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra to sing Samuel Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915 as part of their final concert of the season, Earthbound.