Hailing from Dallas, Texas, Jonathan Bryan has been praised for his “beautifully resonant baritone” and “substantial sound.” In 2025, Mr. Bryan will perform Silvio in Pagliacci with Opera Louisiane, Count Carl-Magnus in A Little Night Music with St. Petersburg Opera, Robert in a concert version of Iolanta with the Russian Chamber Art Society, as well as the role of Nicholas, the Major-Domo in Barber’s Vanessa with the National Symphony Orchestra and his Carolina Philharmonic debut, singing excerpts as Escamillo from Carmen. Next season, he will join Pensacola Opera singing Curley McClain in Oklahoma. In 2023-2024, Mr. Bryan developed the titular role in a workshop of Jared Schwartz’s Egon Schiele, sang Safety Observer in The Metropolitan Opera’s workshop for Jeanine Tesori’s Grounded, and returned to Lyric Opera of Kansas City as Count Paris in Matthew Ozawa’s production of Roméo et Juliette. He recently completed his residency with the Washington National Opera Cafritz Young Artist Program, where he made his Kennedy Center debut as Escamillo and Moralès in Francesca Zambello’s production of Carmen.
