Jason
Kakuk

Jason Kakuk
(He/Him) Jason, from Queenstown, MD, recently competed in the Southeast region of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont competition. His upcoming engagments include Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus with Eastman Opera Theatre, Young Collector(cov.) in Streetcar Named Desire & Frederic(study-cov.) in Pirates of Penzance as a 2026 Gerdine Young Artist at The Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Tamino(cov.) in The Magic Flute & Lysander in A Midusmmer Night's Dream at the Aspen Summer Music Festival as a Renée Fleming Artist
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Jason Kakuk

Jason is a tenor from Queenstown, MD and was recently seen competing in the Southeast region  of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont competition. Other recent engagements include premiering an original work in the theatrical song cycle, "We Go On, Oswego" at Nazareth University, and performing as The Steersman in The Flying Dutchman (Wagner) at Art Park with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. This past season Jason was a 2025 Studio Artist with Finger Lakes Opera where he notably portrayed Colin in the Anonymous Lover (Joseph Bologne) and Borsa in Rigoletto (Verdi), with the additon of covering the Duke of Mantua. In recent years his credits include Ruiz Alonso in Ainadamar (Golijov) with Eastman Opera Theatre, Triquet/Lensky(cov.) in Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky), and Mr. Angel in The Impresario (Mozart) with Opera Baltimore, Odoardo in Ariodante (Händel) with Curtis Opera Theatre, and Pelléas in Impressions de Pelléas (Debussy/Constant) with Temple University Opera Theater.

Jason's upcoming engagements include Gabriel von Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss) with Eastman Opera Theatre this April and later in the month, being a 2026 Gerdine Young Artist at Opera Theatre St. Louis, where he will cover A Young Collector in Streetcar Named Desire (Previn), study-cover Frederic in Pirates of Penzance (G&S), and join the ensembles for the rest of their season. Starting end of June, he will spend the remainder of his Summer as a 2026 Renée Fleming Artist at the Aspen Summer Music Festival, covering Tamino in The Magic Flute (Mozart) and performing the role of Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten). 

In his spare time, Jason enjoys reading, photography, and playing basketball and his guitar (just not at the same time.)

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Rochester, New York

MM Voice Performance & Literature

2024 - Present
Roles with EOT include: Ruiz Alonso in Ainadamar (Golijov) | H in H&G (Shawn)
Rochester, NY 14607, USA

Borsa / Duke (cov) - Rigoletto (Verdi) | Colin - L'amant Anonyme (Bologne)

2025 - 2025
Performed the role of Matteo Borsa and covered the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto | Performed as Colin in L'amant anonyme @ Finger Lakes Opera

Opera Baltimore

2024 - 2024
Baltimore, MD, USA

Triquet, Lensky (cov) - Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) | Mr. Angel - The Impresario (Mozart)

2024 - 2024
Roles: Triquet, Lensky (cov) in Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) | Mr. Angel in The Impresario (Mozart)

Odoardo - Ariodante (Händel)

2023 - 2023
Guest artist for Curtis Opera Theatre's Spring 2023 production of Ariodante (Händel).

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