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Jason Ferrante is quickly becoming recognized as one of the leading character singers of his generation. Praised by Opera News for "singing up a stylish storm", the American tenor sings both comedians and protagonists on the operatic stage, and in concert, a repertoire of a wide range of composers from Bach and Handel to John Musto and Lowell Liebermann.
In the 2007-2008 season, Ferrante will return to Arizona Opera as Arturo in LUCIA DI LAMERMOOR, Dr. Blind in DIE FLEDERMAUS, and Monostatos in THE MAGIC FLUTE. His schedule also includes performances as Pong in TURANDOT with Orlando Opera, Borsa in RIGOLETTO with New Jersey Opera Theater, Eumete in THE RETURN OF ULYSSES with the Greenwich Music Festival, a solo recital with pianist Kathleen Kelly at the Clark Museum in Williamstown, MA and Don Basilio in LE NOZZE DI FIGARO at Berkshire Opera.
Highlights of the 2006-2007 season include a return to Arizona Opera as Basilio in LE NOZZE DI FIGARO directed by Sir Thomas Allen, a debut at the Kennedy Center as the Second Nazarene in SALOME with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin and starring Deborah Voigt, a debut with Orlando Opera as Goro in MADAMA BUTTERFLY,a return invitation to sing at the 2006 Wolf Trap Ball at the Filene Center at Wolf Trap, and his first performances as the tenor soloist in CARMINA BURANA with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra.
In the 2005-2006 season, Ferrante sang in four productions of MADAMA BUTTERFLY with the Jacksonville Symphony, Opera Birmingham, Harrisburg Opera and Berkshire Opera. He was also heard as St. Brioche in THE MERRY WIDOW at Indianapolis Opera, and as Tybalt in ROMEO ET JULIETTE and Coryphee in LE COMTE ORY during his second summer as a Filene Young Artist at Wolf Trap where he is a two-time recipient of a Shouse Education Fund Grant.
In the 2004-2005 season Ferrante made debuts with the Arizona Opera as the Magician in THE CONSUL, and with Dayton Opera as Basilio in LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, and returned to Annapolis Opera for Goro in MADAMA BUTTERFLY after participating in "Art Song's and Arias" at Zilka Hall to benefit Houston’s Bering-Omega House.The Summer of 2005 saw Ferrante back at Wolf Trap where he performed the role of the Beadle in SWEENEY TODD, sang in the "Murder and Other Operatic Mayehem" concert in his debut with the National Symphony, and on the recital, "Where the Boys Are" with pianist, Steven Blier.
Ferrante’s other operatic credits include Paolino in THE SECRET MARRIAGE with Berkshire Opera, Cornaccio in the world premiere of John Musto's VOLPONE at Wolf Trap, Peter Quint in THE TURN OF THE SCREW with Sideshow Opera, Rooster in the musical ANNIE with Ash Lawn Opera, Spalanzani in THE TALES OF HOFFMANN with the Sarasota Opera, Torquemada in L'HEURE ESPAGNOLE and Bardolfo in FALSTAFF at Tanglewood under the baton of Seiji Ozawa, Brighella in ARIADNE AUF NAXOS and Monostatos in THE MAGIC FLUTE with the Aspen Opera Theatre Center. From 1993-2000, Ferrante appeared in many roles at Juilliard including Ximenes in the U.S. stage premiere of Weill’s DER KUHHANDEL, and roles in LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, THE ITALIAN STRAW HAT, WERTHER, THE LOVE FOR THREE ORANGES, STREET SCENE, L'ETOILE, and THE FAIRY QUEEN.
Ferrante has been heard in concert and recital on five continents and holds both the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Juilliard School. He is the recipient of awards and fellowships from Wolf Trap, Annapolis Opera, The Rosa Ponselle Foundation, Aspen Music Festival and Tanglewood. He has been heard on NPR, PBS, WNYC, WQXR and has been a panelist on the Metropolitan Opera Quiz. The Baltimore native now makes his home in Miami, FL.
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