Jennifer Murray-Smith

Jennifer Murray-Smith has been a G&S principal since the age of 17. When studying at the University of St Andrews, she played multiple principal soprano roles with St Andrews G&S, Peak Opera in Buxton and Edinburgh Fringe company Happy‑Go‑Lucky Theatre, and more recently was Yum‑Yum in The Mikado and Hebe in HMS Pinafore with Edinburgh G&S.

Since joining Dunfermline G&S she has played Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance and Phyllis in Iolanthe. Achieving a LLCM in performance in 2016, her operatic roles include Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia, Susan in A Dinner Engagement and Lady Milhouse in The Minister with the Byre Opera Company. She recently debuted the role of Queen of the Night in Donizetti’s Three Queens. Recent oratorio engagements include Fauré’s Requiem and Monteverdi’s Vespers.

Jennifer is also experienced in musical theatre, playing Yvonne in Sunshine on Leith, Annie in Calendar Girls, The Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods, Lucy in The Threepenny Opera and Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls. She is currently preparing the role of Belle in Beauty and the Beast with Forest Theatre Company. When not singing, Jennifer can be found at Glasgow Caledonian University, where she is a lecturer in Marketing.

[from the 2025 programme]

Appearances with Dunfermline Gilbert & Sullivan Society

	2025	The Jury’s Out	Sally
	2024	Iolanthe	Phyllis
	2023	The Pirates of Penzance	Mabel