Ginger Costa Jackson

Ginger CostaJackson is an ItalianAmerican operatic mezzosoprano and perennial artist with the Metropolitan Opera since entering its Lindemann Young Artist Development Program in 2007. The Met Live in HD global broadcasts feature her frequently, as do other major theaters and concert venues worldwide. CostaJackson has performed in her native Italian, English, French, and Spanish, and speaks these languages fluently, along with limited German. While her signature role is Carmen, CostaJackson is also a comedian, as in her Marchesa di Poggio , and also her 2009 Celia in Gilbert and Sullivans Iolanthe with the San Francisco Symphony.

Ginger CostaJackson was born in Palermo, Italy, to an American father, Walt Jackson, and an Italian mother, Emilia Costa. Relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada, the couple had two more daughters Marina and Miriam. Italian was the childrens mother tongue. The family then moved to Salt Lake City, Utah.

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