Filipino-American tenor Jared V. Esguerra is a dedicated performer of vocal works ranging from opera to concert repertoire and musical theater. The Chicago native has been praised for his “pleasing tenor” voice and continues to be in high demand.  In addition to his role debut as Fenton in Verdi’s Falstaff at the Crested Butte Music Festival in 2018, he has portrayed Miles in The Turn of the Screw with Chicago Fringe Opera and Ferrando in Così fan tutte with the Floating Opera Company. He has also sung Pirelli in Sweeney Todd with the Janiec Opera Company at Brevard Music Center, the Messenger in Il trovatore at Sarasota Opera, and the Englishman in  Angélique, Luiz in The Gondoliers, and Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, all at DePaul University, his alma mater. On the concert stage, Jared recently appeared as the tenor soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in ”Now Let's Sing” and with the Chicago Sinfonietta in its MLK Tribute concert series.  After performing A-Rab in a sold-out run of West Side Story at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2019, Jared returned to Chicago Opera Theater in the critically acclaimed world premiere of Freedom Ride in early 2020. He joined the company for their production of La hija de Rappaccini (covering Giovanni) in April 2021.