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LEARN MORE ABOUT JACK SWANSON

Stillwater, Minnesota native Jack Swanson is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after young tenors in the opera world. His distinctive high lyric voice is known for singing the acrobatic arias of Rossini and the legato melodies of Donizetti.

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This season Jack Swanson makes his much-anticipated debut at the Metropolitan Opera in his signature-role of Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, will also make both a house and a role debut with the Staatsoper Hamburg as Ernesto in Don Pasquale and will return to the Houston Grand Opera as Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola.  He will also join Haymarket Opera for Artabano in Vinci’s Artaserse, to be recorded commercially.  In concert he will make his Minnesota Orchestra debut as the tenor soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with Music Director Thomas Søndergård conducting and will perform in recital in Charlottesville, VA.  Future projects include returns to the Metropolitan Opera, the Houston Grand Opera, Pesaro’s Rossini Opera Festival, and debuts at the Opéra National de Paris and the Grand Théâtre de Genève.
 
Last season Mr. Swanson made some extremely successful debuts with the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola, with the Houston Grand Opera as Fenton in Falstaff and the Arena di Verona as Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia.  He returned to the Norwegian Opera for Ferrando in Così Fan Tutte and Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola, as well as to the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro for Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Count Belfiore in Il Viaggio a Reims (a role debut).  Mr. Swanson was also heard in concert at the Festival de Paris and in recital in Montreal and with the Sag Harbor Song Festival.

“Swanson possessed that elusive feature that many otherwise good tenors lack, those

LUSCIOUSLY SWEET, STRONG HIGH NOTES."

THE OPERA CRITIC

“Jack Swanson applied his ringing, powerful tenor to the demanding role of Prince Ramiro,

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in the score’s difficult runs with their enormous range and rapid articulation.”

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For Mr. Swanson's press and publicity materials, find contact information for his management here.

"But the focus of this delightful operatic romp

sits on the able shoulders & lovely teNOR

BROADWAYWORLD.COM

of Jack Swanson in the titular role of Candide. Swanson brings the naivety and charm of a young, out-of-place, illegitimate raised by royalty, the Baron and Baroness of Westphalia. His strong solos include "It Must Be So," "Candide's Lament," and "Nothing More Than This."

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