Tenor Jonathan Burton is engaged to sing the most demanding roles in the tenor repertoire, including Cavaradossi in Tosca, Calaf in Turandot, Dick Johnson in La fanciulla del West and Radames in Aida.
The 2024–25 season highlights include Burton’s performances as Cavaradossi at Pittsburgh Opera. He will also be seen as Turiddu in Cavalleria rusticana at Pittsburgh Opera, Canio in Pagliacci with Utah Opera and the tenor soloist in Verdi’s Requiem with Key Chorale. Additionally, he will perform Britten’s War Requiem with the Columbus Symphony and portray Steve Wozniak in The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs at Washington National Opera.
In the 2023–24 season, Burton performed as Canio at Nashville Opera and Austin Opera and Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Virginia Opera, returned to Palm Beach Opera as Cavaradossi, and joined the Madison Symphony as the tenor soloist in Verdi’s Requiem. He also made his debut at the Washington National Opera as Calaf. Additionally, Burton joined The Dallas Opera’s opening night performance as Cavaradossi, replacing an ailing colleague.
In the 2022–23 season, Burton sang the Prince in Rusalka and Manrico in Il trovatore at Pittsburgh Opera, des Grieux in Manon Lescaut at North Carolina Opera, Canio at Opera San Antonio, and both Calaf in Turandot and Paul in Die tote Stadt at Opera Colorado. Burton also made his Santa Fe Opera debut as Cavaradossi.
A protégé of Lorin Maazel, Burton sang under the famed maestro in multiple productions at the Castleton Festival, concerts in Washington, D.C., and in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the reopening of Teatro La Fenice.