Jennifer Johnston is an English operatic mezzo-soprano. Born in Liverpool, she studied law at the University of Cambridge and worked in London chambers as a barrister before studying opera at the Royal College of Music (RCM). She is universally known as the 'Scouse Diva'. Johnston was the recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society's 2021 Singer Award. On 15 July 2022 she sang in Verdi's "Requiem" for the First Night of the Proms.