West Bay Opera
Dawn Jensen Farry
Dawn Jensen Farry made her operatic debut with Seattle Opera in
The Marriage of Figaro and returned to the prestigious company in
Rusalka as a Wood Nymph and to understudy the role of Wellgunde
in the Ring Cycle. She received her Master of Music degree from the
San Francisco Conservatory of Music and has performed extensively
throughout the Bay Area and West Coast. She has recently entered into
soprano repertoire and will debut in her new voice category as the star
of Puccini's Tosca with West Bay Opera. Ms. Farry has been seen
as Rosina in The Barber of Seville with both Festival and North Bay
Operas. Her Carmen has been seen throughout the West Coast, as well as
performances of Orlofsky, Nicklausse, Natasha in War and Peace,
Ljubasha in The Tsar's Bride, and Nancy in Martha with
such companies as West Bay Opera, Berkeley Opera, North Bay Opera, and
Pacific Repertory Opera. She has been heard in numerous Messiah
presentations, including a Davies Symphony Hall performance, Haydn's
Creation, Beethoven's Mass in C, and with Opus 90, and more.
Dawn has received many glowing reviews of her performances and has been
given several awards for her talents, including the prestigious UNGARO
Diva Award. A native of the Napa Valley, Ms. Farry conducts a private
music studio.
12 Feb 1997
