With an affinity for the high lyric repertoire, the American tenor Jack Swanson has quickly established himself as one of the most sought-after young voices in opera. A string of impressive European debuts in recent seasons has included his debut at Oper Frankfurt as Rodrigo in Damiano Michieletto’s new production of Rossini’s Otello, his first Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore for Den Norske Opera, Sam Kaplan in Weill’s Street Scene for Oper Köln, Conte Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia) for Glyndebourne on Tour, and Candide in concert at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées under Robert Tuohy. This season Jack makes his debut in the title role in Le comte Ory in a new production by Cal McCrystal and conducted by Valentina Peleggi for Garsington Opera, and returns to both Oslo and Cologne as Conte Almaviva, the latter in the classic staging by Ruth Berghaus.
Following his studies at the University of Oklahoma and the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, Jack performed the title role in Britten’s comic opera Albert Herring as a young artist with The Seagle Music Colony, and subsequently spent two years as an apprentice at the Santa Fe Opera. Jack has since returned to Santa Fe as Lindoro (L’italiana in Algeri), and added Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) at Opera Omaha last season.