Jade graduated in 2020 with First Class honours from the Royal Irish Academy of Music with a Bachelor of Music Performance studying with Mary Brennan and Dearbhla Collins. There she sang her first major role in ‘Banished,’ a contemporary work by Stephen McNeff which was performed in Kilmainham Goal Museum. In 2021 Jade graduated from Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London under the tutelage of Yvonne Kenny with Masters in Music Performance of class distinction with scholarship.
In 2020 Jade was a winner of the Flax Trust Music bursary in Belfast. Jade also participated in Wexford Festival Opera’s Academy programme where she received coaching and masterclasses from world-renowned musicians such as: Juan Diego Flores, Ernesto Palacio, Dmitry Vdovin, Ermonela Jaho. With Wexford Festival Opera she sang the role of ‘Alice’ in Verdi’s Falstaff.
In 2021 Jade was the winner of the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition Bursary and also the Danone Ireland Young Outstanding Female Artist Award. In 2022 Jade was the winner of the ESB Feis Ceoil Dramatic Cup.
In 2021 Jade participated in the Rossini Opera Festival Academy in Pesaro, Italy. There she sang the role of Modestina in ‘il Viaggio a Reims’ by Rossini.
in 2021 Jade sang again in Wexford Festival opera’s academy programme. There she sang Giulietta in Bellini’s ‘I Capuleti e I Montecchi.’
Jade’s other roles include: Iris, Semele by Handel (Opera Collective Ireland), Ariele, La Tempesta, Fromental Halevy (Wexford Festival Opera). Nora, Old Ghost’s, Evangelia Rigaki (Irish National Opera), Nobel Orphan, Der Rosenkavalier, Strauss (Irish National Opera). Despina (Cover), Cosi Fan Tutte, Mozart (Irish National Opera.
Jade’s upcoming role with Wexford Festival Opera this year is Rosetta from Marco Tutino’s La Ciociara.
‘an aptitude for bravura that is quite impressive.’
“Soprano Jade Phoenix was equally successful with her portrayal of Giulietta. She produced a measured, intelligent performance in the role, which contrasted nicely with Romeo’s passionate impetuosity”.
“It is also a very attractive voice. Not only does she possess an appealing timbre, but she can move easily across the registers without any signs of stress, and her coloratura is calmly and precisely delivered”.
‘this was a very impressive professional debut. Phoenix’s bright tone and clarity were just right for this Ariele, who shows little of the petulance or dissatisfaction of Shakespeare’s airy spirit, and is rather a happy-go-lucky mischief-maker eager to please their master.’
-Opera Today
“Jade Phoenix . . . hit the high notes and sparkled in her portrayal of the magician ariele.’
-IRISH EXAMINER