About Jonathan

A baritone from Durango, Colorado, Jonathan Patton returns to the Cafritz Young Artists of Washington National Opera for a third season. His major projects for the ‘24-25 season include performing Steve Jobs in the young-artist performance of Mason Bates’s The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, Macbeth for the look-in performance of Verdi’s Macbeth, and participation in WNO’s annual American Opera Initiative. In his previous two seasons with WNO, Jonathan has performed many roles including and not limited to Pâris in Romeo and Juliet, Don Pedro in Songbird, and Marcello in La bohème. Outside of WNO, Jonathan has performed with Opera Southwest, Festival Napa Valley, Des Moines Metro Opera, and most recently The Glimmerglass Festival where he received praise from Opera News and the Wall Street Journal for his portrayal of Martin in Berstein’s Candide. This summer, he will be returning to the Glimmerglass Festival to cover John Cree in Kevin Puts’s Elisabeth Cree, and to debut Silvio in a new production of Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci.

Jonathan’s awards include a district win in the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition and a win in the Lake Lewisville International Voice Competition. Jonathan holds a Master’s of Music from the University of New Mexico and a Graduate Artist Certificate from the University of North Texas.