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Tenor	 Jason	 Slayden has	 been	 celebrated	 for	 the	 warmth	 and	 beauty	 of	 his	 voice,	 as	 well	 as	 demonstrating	 “considerable	subtlety	 as	 an	 actor”. The	 2016-2017	 season included Gabriele	Adorno	in	*Simon	Boccanegra*	with	Pacific	Opera	Victoria,	Pinkerton	in	* Madama	 Butterfly*	 with	 Annapolis	 Opera,	 Jimmy	 Ogle in	 *Later	the	 Same	 Evening* with	 Opera	 Memphis,	 and Christian	 in	 *Cyrano*	with Michigan	Opera	Theatre. The	2017-2018	season	sees	him	as Ruggero	in	*La	rondine*	with	Opera	San	Jose	and	his return	to	Pacific	
Opera	Victoria as	Rodolfo	in	*La	bohème*.

The	 2015-2016 season for	 Mr.	 Slayden included his	 debut	 with Lyric	Opera	of	Chicago	as	Tybalt	and	the	cover	of	Roméo	in	*Roméo	et	Juliette*,	Virginia	Opera	as	Rodolfo	in	*La	bohème*,	Cedar	Rapids	Opera	Theatre	as	Alfredo	in	La	traviata,	Opera	Santa	Barbara	as	Rinuccio	in	*Gianni	Schicchi*,	Don	 José	in	*The	Tragedy	of	Carmen*	with	the	Colorado	Music	Festival,	and	Pinkerton	with	the	Berkshire	Opera	Festival. 

In	the	2014-2015	season,	he	debuted with	Gotham	Chamber	Opera	in	their	double	bill	of	Bohuslav	Martinů’s	*Alexandre	Bis* and	*Veselohra	na	Mostĕ*	(*Comedy	on	the	Bridge*),	returned	to	Arizona	Opera	to	as	the	Duke	in	Verdi’s	*Rigoletto* and	 the	Jacksonville	 Symphony	 for	 Handel’s	*Messiah*, and	made	 debuts	 with	 Florida	Grand	Opera	 as	 Ferrando	 in	
Mozart’s	*Così fan	 tutte*,	 Austin	 Lyric	Opera	 as	Don	Ottavio	 in	*Don	Giovanni*,	 and	 Ash	 Lawn	Opera	 as	 Pinkerton	 in	*Madama	Butterfly*. Other	 recent	engagements include several	Verdi	 role	debuts,	including	il	Duca	di	Mantua	in	*Rigoletto* with	Opera	Memphis,	 Gabriele	 Adorno	 in	 *Simon	 Boccanegra* with	 Kentucky	 Opera,	 and	 Cassio	 in	*Otello* for	 Nashville	 Opera as	 well	 as Rodolfo	for	Arizona	Opera’s	*La	bohème*,	hailed	by	the	press	as	“impeccably	expressive.”	In	concert,	he	has	performed	with	the	Jacksonville	 Symphony	 in	 Verdi’s	 *Messa	 da	 Requiem*,	 the	 Dayton	 Philharmonic	 for	 Beethoven’s	Ninth	 Symphony and	 with	L’Opéra	 de	Montreal	 for	A	 Verdi Celebration.	 For Verdi’s	*Requiem* with	 the	 Portland	 Symphonic	 Choir	 critics	 said,	 “Slayden	supplied	a	heroic	tenor	that	was	remarkably	expressive	and	supported	with	terrific	stamina.	His	“Ingemisco	teamquam	reus”	beautifully	forged	power	with	lyricism.”

The	 2012-13	 season	 marked	 Jason’s	 international	 debut,	 which	 attracted	 much	 critical	 acclaim.	 As	 Rodolfo	 in	 Vancouver	Opera’s	*La	bohème*,	critics	praised	him	as	a	“heartfelt,	note-perfect	tenor,”	and	said,	“His	‘Che	gelida	manina’	was	refreshingly	realistic...and	was	dramatically	as	well	as	musically	interesting.”	Prior	to	that	he	was	a Filene	Young	Artist	with	Wolf	Trap	Opera,	where	he	performed	Don	Ottavio	in	*Don	Giovanni*,	a	recital	with	pianist	Steven Blier,	and	the	tenor	solo	in	Beethoven’s	Ninth	 Symphony	 with	 the	 National	 Symphony	 Orchestra. Additional	 engagements	 for	 the	 2012-2013	 season	 included	 his	 debut	with	Minnesota	Opera	in	Thomas’s	*Hamlet*	as	 Laerte	and	a	 return	 to	Des	Moines	Metro	Opera	 to	 premiere	 his	 first	Roméo	in	*Roméo	et	Juliette*.

Mr.	Slayden	joined	 the	Seattle	Opera	as	a	Young	Artist	 for	 the	 2011-2012	 season,	where	 he	made	 his	main	 stage	 debut	as	Uldino	in	Verdi’s	*Atilla*.	In	 the	Young	Artist	program,	he	sang	 the	 title	role	in	Massenet’s	*Werther* and	Ernesto	in	Donizetti’s	*Don	 Pasquale*.	 In	 2011,	 Jason	 won	 the	 Gerda	 Lissner	 Foundation	 First	 Prize,	 a	 George	 London	 Foundation	 encouragement	award,	and	was	a	Metropolitan	Opera	National	council	 semi-finalist.	That	 same	year,	Mr.	Slayden	 returned	 to	 the	Santa	Fe	Opera	 as	 a	 principal	 artist	 to	 sing	 the	 role	 of	 Andres	 in	 Berg’s *Wozzeck* and,	 at	 the	 last	 minute,	 stepped	 in	 to	 sing	 two	performances	of	*La	bohème* as	Rodolfo.	He	was	an	apprentice	artist	at	Santa	Fe	in	the	2009	and	2010	seasons,	where	he	was	awarded	 the	 Donald	 Gramm	 Memorial	 Award	 and	 the Richard	 Tucker	 Memorial	 Award	 for	 apprentices. In	 addition,	 Mr.	Slayden	has	been	awarded	both	the	Sullivan	Foundation	Career	Grant	and	the	Catherine	Filene	Shouse	Career	Development	Grant.

In	concert,	Mr.	Slayden	has	also	performed	as	a	soloist	with	 the	Dayton	Philharmonic	in	Rossini’s	*Stabat	Mater*,	 the	Seattle	Youth	 Symphony	 in	 Verdi’s	*Messa	 da	 Requiem*,	Utah	 Symphony	Orchestra	 in	Roméo	 et	 Juliette by	 Hector	 Berlioz,	 Concert:	Nova	in	Mahler’s	*Das	Lied	von	der	Erde* and	Musica	Sacra	Cincinnati	in	the	Gounod	*Messe Solennelle	de	Saint-Cecile*.