Jonathan
Elmore
Schedule
Upcoming Engagements
Description
In this exhilarating new adaptation of Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, set shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, two Jewish cousins invent an anti-fascist superhero and launch their own comic-book series, hoping to recruit America into the fight against Nazism. Incorporating scintillating electronic elements and a variety of musical styles, composer Mason Bates’s eclectic score moves seamlessly among the three worlds of Gene Scheer’s libretto: Nazi-occupied Prague, the bustling streets of New York City, and the technicolor realm of comic-book fantasy. Bartlett Sher’s production provides spectacular visuals to match, with towering sets and proscenium-filling projections designed by Jenny Melville and Mark Grimmer of 59 Studio. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Opening Night premiere, and baritone Andrzej Filończyk makes his Met debut as the artist Joe Kavalier, who flees Czechoslovakia and arrives at the Brooklyn doorstep of writer Sam Clay, sung by tenor Miles Mykkanen.
Jonathan Elmore
Performer
Dates
Cadie J. Bryan
Sarah Kavalier (cover)
Dates
Tags
Biography
Hailed as an “…intense, blossoming tenor,” Jonathan Elmore is excelling in opera, oratorio, and recital across the world. This fall, Jonathan will make his Metropolitan Opera debut as FBI 2 in their season opener, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. In the 2024/2025 season, he performs as Governor & Vanderdendur/Candide with the Northern Lights Music Festival, Vocal Fellow with the Ravinia Steans Music Institute, Gabriel von Eisenstein/Die Fledermaus with IU Opera and Ballet Theatre, and Uriel/Haydn’s Creation with Fresno Community Chorus Inc. Jonathan has previously appeared with Indianapolis Opera, Music Academy of the West, Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra, Tel Aviv Summer Opera, and Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra.
Jonathan is currently a Doctor of Music degree candidate at Indiana University, where he also earned his Master of Music degree in Voice. Jonathan is currently studying with soprano Heidi Grant Murphy. A Southwest Virginia native, Jonathan received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Vocal Performance at Virginia Tech (’20) under the tutelage of tenor Brian Thorsett. Jonathan is an Associate Instructor in Voice at Indiana University.
