Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano is recognized for her naturally lustrous sound as well as a fresh and appealing presence on symphonic, operatic and recital stages. A 2011 Sara Tucker Study Grant Recipient, Ms. Cano joined The Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at The Metropolitan Opera in 2008 and made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 2009-2010 singing a Bridesmaid in Le nozze di Figaro and Sandman in Hansel and Gretel. Highlights of this season are numerous and include appearances at the Met as Wellgunde in Das Rheingold and Götterdammerung, Sandman in Hansel and Gretel and Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, and sings Beethoven Symphony No. 9 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, and returns to the New York Philharmonic for Mozart's C Minor Mass with Alan Gilbert.

Jennifer Johnson Cano obtained her bachelor's degree in Music from Webster University in St. Louis and her master's degree from Rice University in Houston, Texas. She currently resides in New York City with her husband, pianist Christopher Cano.