Bass-baritone Jason Zacher performs the role of Dr. Pangloss/Voltaire in Leonard Bernstein’s Candide January 14, 16 and 19, 2025.

Bass-baritone Jason Zacher is quickly gaining national attention as a rising new talent and versatile performer. Mr. Zacher joined the prestigious Glynn Studio Artist program at The Atlanta Opera for their 2023-24 season, taking the stage in their productions of Frankenstein, Rigoletto, La bohème, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He will return to The Glimmerglass Festival this summer, where he will take on the role of Uncle/Witness #9 in Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell’s modern masterpiece Elizabeth Cree, as well as cover both Pirate King and Sergeant of Police in Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance.

In the 2022-23 season, Mr. Zacher joined the acclaimed Sandford Studio Artist Program at Kentucky Opera, where he impressed audiences with his roles as Colline in La bohème, Alidoro in La Cenerentola, and Henry in The Gift of the Magi. Following his time in Kentucky, Mr. Zacher was highlighted as part of the Young Artist Program at The Glimmerglass Festival, most notably performing the role of Argante in Rinaldo and covering Pangloss/Voltaire in Candide. Mr. Zacher was also featured as a soloist in concert alongside award-winning singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant and Anthony Roth Costanzo.

Previously, Mr. Zacher spent several summers with Des Moines Metro Opera, most recently in the summer of 2022, singing the role of Jimmy in the Midwest premiere of American Apollo (Geter/Palmer), as well as covering both Bottom and Theseus in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Also well regarded in the competition circuit, Mr. Zacher was previously named a New York District Winner for the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition (2023). He has received top accolades from various prestigious organizations, including the Jensen Foundation, Annapolis Opera, James Toland Vocal Arts, Rochester Oratorio Society, Opera Birmingham, and National Opera Association, among others.

Equally at home on the concert stage, Mr. Zacher was recently featured as the bass soloist in Mozart’s Requiem alongside the Masterwork Chorus in the spring of 2023. He returned in December, making his Carnegie Hall début as the bass soloist in Handel’s Messiah. Other notable credits include bass soloist in Bach’s Hercules at the Crossroads (BWV213), Mendelssohn’s St. Paul, Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb, and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Songs of Travel.

Current as of January 30, 2024.