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This season, American tenor Jonathan Johnson makes his debut in the title role of Candide with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Utah Symphony Orchestra, and Des Moines Metro Opera and returns to the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Lurcanio in _Ariodante_. He also returns to Jacksonville Symphony as Don Ottavio in _Don Giovanni_ and as the tenor soloist in Messiah, which he also performs with Kansas City Symphony Orchestra.

A graduate of the Patrick G. & Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center, the Lyric Opera of Chicago's professional artist-development program, he appeared in the house's main productions of _Les Troyens_, _Lucia di Lammermoor_, _The Merry Widow_, _Der Rosenkavalier_, _Capriccio_, _The Magic Victrola_ and Mieczyslaw Weinberg's Holocaust opera _The Passenger_. Other recent engagements have included his debut at Canadian Opera Company in a production of _Anna Bolena_, Frederic in _The Pirates of Penzance_ and Lensky in _Eugene Onegin_ at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Fenton in _Falstaff_  at San Diego Opera, Lindoro in _L'italiana in Algeri_ at the Portland Opera, _La Damnation de Faust_ at the Grant Park Music Festival, Le Fils in _Les mamelles de Tirésias_ with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, a performance of Schumann's _Dichterliebe_ as part of a Liederabend in Chicago, and various appearances in the Harris Theater's Beyond the Aria series, the 125th Anniversary Gala for the Auditorium Theater, and on WFMT radio as part of the Ryan Opera Center Recital Series.  He also enjoys a touring relationship with Chris Botti, which has taken him to many cities in the US and abroad.

Hailing from Macon, GA, Mr. Johnson holds a Master's degree and Professional Artist Certificate from the A.J. Fletcher Institute of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.