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 Soprano Jennifer McGregor began her professional career in her native Sydney, performing leading roles in music theater. Upon hearing her, Richard Bonynge invited her to join Opera Australia as one of his proteges. Her first role with the company was Fe-a-nich-ton in Offenbach's Ba-ta-clan. She went on to sing Ophelia with Sherril Milnes, Adele in Die Fledermaus with Dame Joan Sutherland, Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflote, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, Xenia in Boris Gudonov, Musetta in La Boheme, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, (the first soprano to appear in that role following Dame Joan Sutherland), Rosina in Barber of Seville, Manon in Massenet's Manon, Blondchen in Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, Yum-Yum in The Mikado, Oscar in Ballo in Maschera, Marie in La Fille du Regiment, Norina in Don Pasquale, Zerlina in Fra Diavolo, Juliette in Romeo and Juliette, and Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Invited to Heidelberg as principal guest soprano, she added to her performance repertoire leading roles in Lulu, Die Schweigsame Frau, Rigoletto and Julius Caesar. Returning to Australia, she sang the Australian premier of the three-act version of Alban Berg's Lulu, Leila in Les Pecheurs de Perles, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Lakme in Lakme, Violetta in La Traviata, the four heroines in Les Contes D'Hoffmann and Cleopatra in Julius Caesar. In the 2002-2003 season she sang her first Nedda in Pagliacci and in 2003-2004 sang the title role in Die Lustige Witwe and was invited to sing on the golden wedding anniversary gala for Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge.
In addition to her numerous performances with Richard Bonynge, she has appeared with such conductors as Edo de Waart and Sir Charles Mackerras and Simone Young. Her concert repertoire includes: Beethoven 9th Symphony, Mahler 4th Symphony, Bach B Miinor Mass, Gorezki 3rd Symphony, Verdi Requiem, Poulenc Gloria, Mozart Exultate Jubilate, Orff Carmina Burana, Villa Lobos Bachianas Braziliaras No. 5, Ravel Scherherazade and numerous others. She recently recorded a CD of the songs of Ricky Ian Gordon with pianist Val Underwood. She lives in London.
2007 will be her third season with the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival.
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