James Conlon - Family

Family

Conlon married Jennifer Ringo, a soprano and vocal coach, on January 9, 1987 at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music and the University of Iowa, where her father was a professor of Spanish. Her Cuban mother, Georgina Ringo, was also a Spanish teacher. They have two daughters, Luisa, who was named for the Verdi opera Luisa Miller, and Emma. Luisa acted in the 1998 Merchant-Ivory film, A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries. She played author Kaylie Jones as a child. Luisa Conlon graduated from the Lycée Français de New York and from New York University; Emma continues her studies at the Lycée Français de New York.

Jennifer Ringo made her professional debut with the San Francisco Opera in the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor. She has performed many leading soprano roles in operas including La bohème, Rigoletto, Ariadne auf Naxos, the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro with the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon and Berg's Seven Early Songs with the Aspen Festival Orchestra. She has also performed, Marie in Wozzeck, The Infanta in Der Zwerg and Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes, to great acclaim. Her television appearances include a performance of La Voix humaine at the Triennale Festival in Cologne. In 2003/2004 Miss Ringo sang Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson by Michael Tilson Thomas in Lisbon and in Finland.

Jennifer Ringo teaches at Bard College Conservatory as a vocal coach and is also on the faculty of Joan Dornemann's International Institute of Vocal Arts in Montreal. In addition she maintains a private apartment and studio in New York City.