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She names Black opera stars [[Denyce Graves]], [[Shirley Verrett]], [[Kathleen Battle]], and [[Jessye Norman]], at whose funeral she sang, as inspirations.<ref name=":0" />
Bridges sang at the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts|Kennedy Center]] for the first time after winning a 2012 [[Marian Anderson Award]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Dalfonzo|first=Gina|date=March 3, 2020|title=J'Nai Bridges' debut in ''Samson and Delilah'' is a dream come true|url=https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2020/03/03/jnai-bridges/|access-date=October 19, 2020|website=DC Metro Theater Arts}}</ref> She competed in the [[BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition]] in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 2015|title=J'Nai Bridges|url=https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2015/10/Features/J_Nai_Bridges.html|access-date=October 19, 2020|website=Opera News}}</ref> She performed at the [[Los Angeles Opera]] in November 2016 as [[Nefertiti]] in ''[[Akhnaten (opera)|Akhnaten]]'' by [[Philip Glass]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Glass' ''Akhnaten'' Triumphs in New L.A. Opera Production|url=https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/los-angeles-opera/glass-akhnaten-triumphs-in-new-la-opera-production|access-date=October 19, 2020|website=San Francisco Classical Voice}}</ref> In 2017, she performed the role of [[Josefa Segovia]] in the premiere of [[John Adams (composer)|John Adams]]'s ''[[Girls of the Golden West (opera)|Girls of the Golden West]]'' at [[San Francisco Opera]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Swed|first=Mark|date=November 26, 2017|title=Review: Where to look for treasure in California's new gold rush? Try John Adams' new opera|work=LA Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-girls-of-the-golden-west-review-20171127-story.html}}</ref>, and in the 2019 European debut of the opera at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.opera-online.com/en/items/productions/girls-of-the-golden-west-de-nationale-opera-2019-2017</ref> In June 2019, she returned to San Francisco for the title role in Bizet's ''[[Carmen]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=J'Nai Bridges Multitasks in Her Debut as Carmen|url=https://www.sfcv.org/preview/san-francisco-opera/jnai-bridges-multitasks-in-her-debut-as-carmen|access-date=October 19, 2020|website=San Francisco Classical Voice}}</ref> She made her [[Metropolitan Opera]] debut reprising her role in ''Akhnaten'' in November 2019, and her [[Washington National Opera]] debut as Delilah in ''[[Samson and Delilah (opera)|Samson and Delilah]]'' by Saint-Saëns in March 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Davidson|first=Justin|date=November 11, 2019|title=Gleaming and Self-Aware, Philip Glass's ''Akhnaten'' Is Borne to the Met|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/review-philip-glasss-akhnaten-at-the-metropolitan-opera.html|access-date=October 19, 2020|website=Vulture}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/t-magazine/jnai-bridges.html "How a Fast-Rising Opera Singer Prepared for Her Met Debut"] by Merrell Hambleton, ''The New York Times'', November 13, 2019</ref>
The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] put her on-stage career on hold in favor of virtual programing. After the [[murder of George Floyd]], she proposed and led an online panel of Black opera singers with Los Angeles Opera. She returned to the stage in January 2022 for [[Palm Beach Opera]]'s production of ''Carmen''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oliver |first=Richard Sylvester |date=January 28, 2022 |title=After two years, J’Nai Bridges returns to the stage, making her Florida debut as Carmen |url=https://southfloridaclassicalreview.com/2022/01/after-two-years-jnai-bridges-returns-to-the-stage-making-her-florida-debut-as-carmen/ |access-date=April 4, 2022 |website=South Florida Classical Review}}</ref>
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