Lyric soprano Jessica Jane Jacobs has been praised by critics for her radiant voice and captivating stage presence; "In addition to pipes with real heft and warmth, Jacobs has an expressive face, ever interesting to watch" (The Boston Musical Intelligencer).

Ms. Jacobs has performed leading roles with companies such as Long Island Opera, Boston Opera Collaborative, Salt Marsh Opera, Barn Opera, Worcester Schubertiade (now VOX New England), Sugar Creek Opera, and NEMPAC Opera Company and has performed in the professional ensembles of Boston Lyric Opera, Beth Morrison Productions, and the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra. In the 2019-20 season, Ms. Jacobs returns to Barn Opera as Pamina in The Magic Flute, sings The Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors with VOX New England, and returns as a soprano ensemble member in Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Aida and Boston Lyric Opera’s Norma. Engagements in the 2018-19 season included Micaëla in The Tragedy of Carmen with Barn Opera, Soprano Ensemble in The Handmaid’s Tale with Boston Lyric Opera, First Lady in The Magic Flute with Salt Marsh Opera, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Boston Opera Collaborative, Soprano Ensemble in Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra’s La Bohème, and Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus with Worcester Schubertiade (now VOX New England).

Ms. Jacobs has spent two summers in Lucca, Italy with the Opera Theater and Music Festival of Lucca, where she performed the roles of Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro and Norina in Don Pasquale. She returned to Italy in the summer of 2010 as a member of “I Solisiti di Spoleto” at CCM Spoleto’s inaugural season, where she performed scenes from Don Giovanni and Roméo et Juliette with full orchestra in the historic Teatro Nuovo. In the summers of 2012 and 2013, Ms. Jacobs sang with Sugar Creek Opera as an Apprentice Artist, singing the roles of Nella in Gianni Schicchi and covering the role of Love Simpson in Carlisle Floyd’s Cold Sassy Tree. In 2016, she was welcomed back as a Principal Artist to sing the role of Rosasharn Joad in Ricky Ian Gordon’s The Grapes of Wrath.

 Ms. Jacobs has received an encouragement award from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and the First place prize from the Vermont Vocal Competition. In addition, she has been a prize winner at the Orpheus Vocal Competition and the Peter Elvins Competition. She has been chosen as a finalist twice in the Metro West Opera Young Artist Competition and was a semi-finalist in the Mildred Miller International Voice Competition.

A graduate of Northwestern University (Bachelors of Music) and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (Masters of Music and Artist Diploma), Ms. Jacobs has worked under the tutelage of many excellent musicians.

 Ms. Jacobs currently lives in Newton, Massachusetts with her husband, Michael Tybursky, a trombonist, and their two children. She currently studies with Dr. Rebecca Folsom.