Jane Sheldon

{{Short description|Australian soprano}}

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Jane Sheldon is a Sydney-born Australian soprano, largely based in New York City.{{Citation|date=17 June 2015|title=On the Couch with Jane Sheldon|periodical=Arts Review|url=http://artsreview.com.au/on-the-couch-with-jane-sheldon/|access-date=26 April 2018}} She is an artistic associate at Sydney Chamber Opera.{{Cite web |title=About|publisher=Sydney Chamber Opera|url=https://www.sydneychamberopera.com/about/ |access-date=2023-09-11}}

Eliza Aria from Elena Kats-Chernin's ballet Wild Swans was first recorded by Sheldon in 2004 with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.{{Cite web |date=2019-02-28 |title=Elena Kats-Chernin: Wild Swans Suite (2004) |url=https://www.abc.net.au/classic/read-and-watch/classic-australia/elena-kats-chernin-wld-swans-suite-2004/10743538 |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=ABC Classic}} This recording was used in a series of television and cinema advertisements for British bank Lloyds TSB, and then as the theme music for Phillip Adams' ABC Radio National programme Late Night Live. It was nominated for Best Classical Album at the 2005 ARIA Awards.

For several years, Sheldon sang as part of the touring ensemble for composer John Zorn, performing his music at the Louvre,{{Cite web |title=John Zorn au Louvre {{!}} Philharmonie de Paris |url=https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/en/activity/concert/17196-john-zorn-au-louvre |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=philharmoniedeparis.fr |language=en}} the Barbican,{{Cite web |title=How it's done: John Zorn celebrates his 60th birthday at the Barbican |url=https://bachtrack.com/review-barbican-john-zorn-at-60 |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=bachtrack.com |language=en}} Lincoln Center Festival,{{Cite news |last=Schweitzer |first=Vivien |date=2013-07-19 |title=It’s His Party, He Can Play With Elbows if He Wants |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/20/arts/music/john-zorn-performing-at-alice-tully-hall.html |access-date=2025-05-22 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Adelaide Festival,{{Cite web |title=Visions of John Zorn at Adelaide Festival |url=https://limelight-arts.com.au/features/visions-of-john-zorn-at-adelaide-festival/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=Limelight |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |last=Forester |first=Gordon |date=2014-03-15 |title=Adelaide Festival Review: Zorn in Oz: Zorn@60 |url=https://glamadelaide.com.au/adelaide-festival-review-zorn-in-oz-zorn60/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=Glam Adelaide |language=en-AU}} North Sea Jazz,{{Cite web |title=Zorn 60 Illuminations, Holy Visions, The Alchemist {{!}} NN North Sea Jazz Festival |url=https://www.northseajazz.com/nl/programma/2013/zaterdag-13-juli/17094-zorn-60-illuminations-holy-visions-the-alchemist |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=www.northseajazz.com |language=nl}} Jazz Fest Sarajevo,{{Cite web |title=Madrigals |url=https://jazzfest.ba/en/events/madrigals/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=jazzfest.ba |language=en-US}} November Music,{{Cite web |date=2017-11-05 |title=Live: November Music – John Zorn XL |url=https://opduvel.com/2017/11/05/live-november-music-john-zorn-xl/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=Opduvel |language=nl}} the Metropolitan Museum,{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Steve |date=2013-10-02 |title=Surrounding Art With the Sounds of 60 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/arts/music/john-zorn-fills-metropolitan-museum-with-music.html |access-date=2025-05-22 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} the Cloisters,{{Cite news |last=Allen |first=David |date=2015-06-05 |title=Review: John Zorn’s Spirit of Restless Invention Flows Forth |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/06/arts/music/review-john-zorns-spirit-of-restless-invention-flows-forth.html |access-date=2025-05-22 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} and the Guggenheim, inside James Turrell's Aten Reign.{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Steve |date=2013-06-24 |title=Under Installation, Vocal Colors |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/25/arts/music/john-zorns-sacred-voices-at-the-guggenheim-museum.html |access-date=2025-05-22 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

In 2018, Sheldon performed in the premiere of Damien Ricketson's wordless opera The Howling Girls, directed by Adena Jacobs at Carriageworks.[https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/the-daring-new-opera-the-howling-girls-revisits-a-post-911-hysteria-attack-20180318-h0xn5q.html "The daring new opera The Howling Girls revisits a post 9/11 hysteria attack"] by Andrew Taylor, The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 March 2018 In 2019, Sydney Chamber Opera presented the work at the Tokyo Festival.{{Cite web |title=The Howling Girls|url=https://tokyo-festival.jp/2019/en/world-competition/thehowlinggirls |access-date=2023-09-11 |publisher=Tokyo FestivaL 2019}}

In 2019, she gave the Australian premiere of Kaija Saariaho's La Passion de Simone at Sydney Festival with Sydney Chamber Opera and the Song Company.{{Cite web |title=La Passion de Simone|url=https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/events/la-passion-de-simone/ |access-date=2023-09-11|publisher=Sydney Festival}}

Her 2022 album, I am a tree, I am a mouth{{Cite web |date=2022-11-06 |title=Soprano and composer Jane Sheldon, and the remarkable life of violinist Alma Moodie |url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/musicshow/the-music-show-kay-dreyfus-jane-sheldon/14095246 |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=ABC listen}} was listed in The New Yorker{{'}}s notable performances and recordings of 2022.{{Cite news|last=Ross|first=Alex|author-link=Alex Ross (music critic)|date=2022-12-14 |title=Notable Performances and Recordings of 2022|work=The New Yorker|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2022-in-review/notable-performances-and-recordings-of-2022 |access-date=2023-09-11}} In 2022 Sheldon was awarded Work of the Year (Dramatic) for composition at the Art Music Awards.{{Cite web |title=Art Music Awards|url=https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about/supporting-the-industry/awards/art-music-awards-2022 |access-date=2023-09-11 |publisher=APRA AMCOS}}