"Performer, educator, and lover of all things music, Jason Pandelidis is a lyric tenor. Jason recently

covered the titular role in Candide at the Northern Lights Music Festival. Previously, he performed Enrico

Carouser in Cedar Rapids Opera’s Too Many Sopranos. Earlier this year, he debuted Bucky in the world

premiere of The Red Songbird with FBN Productions, Inc. and performed in Opera Omaha’s first opera in

Spanish, El último sueño de Frida y Diego. Last year, Jason played The Ghost of Christmas Present in

Omaha Community Playhouse’s A Christmas Carol and was a Teaching Artist for OPERA San Antonio’s

Classical Music Institute. In the spring of 2023, Jason received a Master of Music in Vocal Performance and

Literature from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, under the tutelage of Jerold Siena. His

performance credits at UIUC include Basilio in Le nozze di Figaro under the direction of Nathan Gunn,

Normanno in Lucia di Lammermoor, the Angel City Tenor in City of Angels, and Palhaço Beringela in the

partial premier of João Guilherme Ripper’s opera in Portuguese, Candinho. In the summer of 2022, Jason

had the opportunity to sing Rolf in Sound of Music and Parpignol in La bohème at the Bay View Music

Festival.

Between pursuing his degrees, Jason taught high school choir and was a staff tenor at Christ Church Cathedral in Houston, TX. Under the direction of the cathedral’s music director, Grammy Award-winning Robert L. Simpson, Jason sang the role of Gabriel in the North American premier of Bob Chilcott’s Christmas Oratorio. When he is not singing, he enjoys reading, playing board and video games, and engaging in other classical nerdy endeavors." less...