Evan Thomas Jones – Baritone

Originally from Buffalo, NY, baritone Evan Thomas Jones has sung a wide variety of roles in opera, most notably both Mozart and Rossini’s Figaro, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Raimbaud in Le Comte Ory and Sam in Trouble in Tahiti. In addition to an active opera career, Mr. Jones has portrayed a number of roles in musical theater and operetta. Highlights include the roles of Voltaire and Pangloss in Candide, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus, Danilo Danilovich in The Merry Widow, and Fredrik Egerman in A Little Night Music. In concert he has been featured as the baritone soloist in Fauré’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, Bach's Magnificat and John Rutter’s Mass for the Children. He is particularly in demand as an interpreter of the concert repertoire of Ralph Vaughn Williams’ having performed the Five Mystical Songs, Serenade to Music, Dona Nobis Pacem and Fantasia On Christmas Carols. Mr. Jones has sung with Opera Memphis, Opera Naples, Berkshire Opera Company, Opera MempCompañía Lírica Nacional de Costa Rica, Eastman Opera Theater, Mercury Opera, Florida State Opera, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Memphis Symphony, Helena Symphony, Finger Lakes Choral Festival and the Augusta Choral Society.

Mr. Jones is also active in the performance of new works. In 2009, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus released the world premiere recording of Randol Bass’ Passage Into Spirit on which Mr. Jones was the featured soloist. In the fall of 2010, Mr. Jones created the role of Roger Clinton in the world premiere performance of a new opera entitled Billy Blythe in Little Rock Arkansas. He will be reprising the role in the premiere recording as well.

The 2012-2013 season will feature return engagements with Opera Memphis as Junius in The Rape of Lucretia and with the Memphis Masterworks Chorale as the baritone soloist in Brahms Requiem. In February, Mr. Jones will return to Tallahassee, Florida as the baritone soloist for the world premiere performance of Ernő Dohnányi's Orchesterlieder with the Florida State Symphony, he will also record the work on the Naxos label.