Jessica Poppe began her vocal studies at 12 in southern Germany and made her operatic debut at 16 as Ciesca („Gianni Schicchi“) at Theater Hof.
She trained at the Basel Academy of Music, Freiburg Conservatory, the Universities of Performing Arts in Frankfurt and Munich, and Hochschule der Künste Bern, supported by Rosenberg and Zerweck Cassela Foundation scholarships. She studied with Brigitte Fassbender, Helmut Deutsch, and Christa Ludwig and won a special prize at the "Hommaggio a Maria Callas" competition in Brescia and was in the Finals of Tenor Vinas 2025. She is currently a student of Tanja Ariane Baumgartner.
Her roles include Hänsel („Hänsel und Gretel“), Mercedes („Carmen“), Cherubino („Le nozze di Figaro“), and Octavian („Der Rosenkavalier“). She performed Prince Lelio („Le dernier sorcier“) at the Opera Festival della Valle d’Itria and debuted at Staatstheater Wiesbaden in „Schönerland“. Recent engagements include „Die große Wörterfabrik“ at Oper Frankfurt, „Anna Nicole“, „Elektra“, and „Oryx and Crake“ at Staatstheater Wiesbaden, as well as the title role in Adès’ „Powder Her Face“ and Ottavia („L’incoronazione di Poppea“) in Munich.
She has worked with directors Kirsten Harms, Roland Schwab, Daniela Kerck, Max Hopp, Aileen Schneider, Andreas Wiedermann, and Christian Spuck, and has collaborated musically with Takeshi Moriuchi, Alessandro Trebeschi, Sebastian Weigle, Albert Horne, Holger Reinhardt, Marco Armiliato, Francisco Soriano, and Carmen Santoro.
Jessica is also the founder of the Qantara Trio, blending harp and Oud in a transcultural repertoire with performances at Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Oper Köln, and Oper Frankfurt.
A sought-after vocal coach, specializing in Belcanto and functional voice training, she trains professional and semiprofessional singers from Opera and Pop Genres, as well as Managers and Teachers in body- voice and speak performance. She is currently researching mental training techniques for vocal performance.