Jenny Bourke

Jenny is a music graduate of Queen’s University Belfast and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Her operatic roles include Lucy Lockett The Beggar’s Opera, Mother Goose The Rake’s Progress, Sorceress Dido and Aeneus, Shepherd boy Tosca, Kate Pinkerton Madame Butterfly, Third Lady Magic Flute, Florence Pike Albert Herring, Queen of the Gypsies Bohemian Girl, Dorabella Cosi fan tutti, Flora (cover) La Traviata with Castleward Opera, RCS, Opera Fringe and Northern Ireland Opera.

Jenny is a recognised and established vocal tutor within Northern Ireland, recently qualifying as a Vocal Health First Aider. Her personal performances have taken her to New York, Beijing, Paris and all over the UK and Ireland and she is delighted to have joined her home company, Northern Ireland Opera, in 2022. Since then she has performed as a soloist at several recital events for NIO, Chorus for La Traviata and Tosca, covered the role of Flora Bervoix in La Traviata and sang in the Salon Series ‘Seawrack’ and ‘Les Nuits D’ete.’ More recently she sang the role of the Stepmother in the company’s well received production of The Juniper Tree by Philip Glass and Robert Moran. Jenny is a member of the Ulster Consort and enjoys singing in their exciting programme of recitals throughout the year. She is grateful to be supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland