“ Jason Bridges astounds as Edgar Allan Poe, with a clear, bright sound and an almost haute-contre quality on the role’s highest notes” - Por Ilana Walder-Biesanz, BachTrack.
BIOGRAPHY
Jason Bridges, a Swiss-American tenor residing in Geneva, Switzerland, has established himself as an internationally acclaimed opera singer. Born in Pennsylvania, he trained at the Eastman School of Music and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Bridges launched his career at the Opéra National de Paris' Atelier Lyrique, winning the Prix AROP.
He has performed in major opera houses across Europe and the US, collaborating with renowned conductors. His diverse repertoire includes title roles in "Candide" and "Albert Herring," as well as lead roles in classic operas. Bridges has also premiered contemporary works, including André Tchaikowsky's "The Merchant of Venice" at the Bregenzer Festspiele.
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
March 16, 2025
Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland
Cendrillon: L’Odyssée Frank Martin
Tenor soloist
April 2024
Grand Théatre de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
Requiem: L’Odyssée Frank Martin
Tenor Soloist
November 21, 2024
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre, Geneva, Switzerland
St. François d’Assise: Messiaen
Frère Massée
RECORDINGS
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
Recorded at the 2013 Bregenz festival, Jason created the role of Lorenzo in this production of The Merchant of Venice is the premier of the only opera by the pianist and composer André Tchaikowsky.
YVONNE, PRINCESSE DE BOURGOGNE
A 2009 opera composed by opera by Philippe Boesmans. Based on the anti-conformist play Iwona, by Witold Gombrowicz. Yvonne is the fourth in a series of operas with librettos by Luc Bondy, and the first of the four to be written in French not German
WOZZECK
Based on real events and drawing on Georg Büchner's revolutionary play, Alban Berg's Wozzeck turns a grimly tragic narrative of violence and murder into one of the most powerful and original operas of the 20th century.
