About Jonathan

Alaskan-born baritone, 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 Bernstein’s Candide. This past summer, he returned to the Glimmerglass Festival to cover John Cree in Kevin Puts’s Elisabeth Cree and debuted Silvio in a new production of Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci.

Jonathan’s awards include being a National Semifinalist in the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, a finalists in the Partners for the Arts competition, and top honors in the Lake Lewisville International Voice Competition. Jonathan holds a Bachelor’s of Arts from Fort Lewis College, Master’s of Music from the University of New Mexico, and a Graduate Artist Certificate from the University of North Texas.