BIOGRAPHY
Jennifer Baldwin Peden
Jennifer Baldwin Peden (Elvire and the Countess in Don Juan Giovanni and Figaro) played Michaela in Carmen. Over the last seven years her work with Theatre de la Jeune Lune has included productions of The Magic Flute, Così fan tutte, Carmen, The Ballroom, Carmina Burana, Maria de Buenos Aires, and Mefistofele. She has also worked with other companies around the Twin Cities, including Nautilus Muslc-Theater, Guthrie Theater, History Theatre, Skylark Opera, Minnesota Dance Theatre, the Minnesota Orchestra, and Minnesota Opera. She has appeared at Berkeley Repertory Theatre with Haroun and the Sea of Stories, has been a guest on A Prairie Home Companion, and appeared in the film Drop Dead Gorgeous, in which she portrays a singing pageant contestant. Her voice is used for a character in a Dutch animated film Jona/Tomberry, which won the Grand Prix Canal at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2005.