Jason Pandelidis

Performer, educator, and lover of all things music, Jason Pandelidis is a lyric tenor. Jason is excited to return to Cedar Rapids Opera to play Enrico Carouser in Too Many Sopranos. This year, Jason premiered Bucky in the world premiere of The Red Songbird with FBN Productions, Inc. and performed in Opera Omaha’s first opera in Spanish, El último sueño de Frida y Diego. Last year, Jason played The Ghost of Christmas Present in Omaha Community Playhouse’s A Christmas Carol and was a Teaching Artist for OPERA San Antonio’s Classical Music Institute. In the spring of 2023, Jason received a Master of Music in Vocal Performance and Literature from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, under the tutelage of Jerold Siena. His performance credits at UIUC include Basilio in Le nozze di Figaro under the direction of Nathan Gunn, Normanno in Lucia di Lammermoor, the Angel City Tenor in City of Angels, and Palhaço Beringela in the partial premier of João Guilherme Ripper’s opera in Portuguese, Candinho. In the summer of 2022, Jason had the opportunity to sing Rolf in Sound of Music and Parpignol in La bohème at the Bay View Music Festival. When he is not singing, he enjoys reading, playing board and video games, and engaging in other classical nerdy endeavors.