Bass-baritone Jason Zacher is quickly gaining national attention as a rising new talent and versatile performer. This season, Zacher will make house debuts with Portland Opera as Colline in La bohème, Tulsa Opera as the Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance, and Sarasota Opera as Olin Blitch in Susannah. In addition, he will return to The Glimmerglass Festival as Benny in Happy End, a co-production with Opera Saratoga. On the concert stage, Zacher joins Chattanooga Symphony and Opera as the bass soloist for Verdi’s Requiem and American Symphony Orchestra as Un ermite for Le Freyschütz at Carnegie Hall.

Zacher recently completed a two-year tenure as a member of the prestigious Glynn Studio Artist program at The Atlanta Opera, taking the stage in their productions of Frankenstein, Rigoletto, La bohème, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Magic Flute, Macbeth, Siegfried, and Semele. Last season, he also joined Central City Opera as the Wizard in Once Upon a Mattress, South Florida Symphony as Pangloss and Voltaire in Candide, Resonance Works as Enrico VIII in Anna Bolena, as well as Tulsa Opera and Central City Opera for gala concerts.

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