Filipino-American tenor, Jared V. Esguerra, is a dedicated performer of vocal works ranging from opera to concert repertoire and musical theater. The Chicago native has been praised for his “substantial tenor” (Opera Today) and continues to be in high demand.

Last season, Jared reprised his role as Yakuside in Matthew Ozawa’s production of Madama Butterfly at Lyric Opera of Chicago. Afterwards, he made his debut with the Bellingham Chamber Chorale as the tenor soloist in Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore and Great Mass in C Minor. Jared then made his highly anticipated role and company debut as Alfredo in La Traviata at the Opera Company of Middlebury.

Prior to that, the tenor made his solo debut at Lyric Opera of Chicago singing the role of Vince in Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s The Listeners, returned to the Madison Symphony Orchestra as the tenor soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, and then made his Cincinnati Opera debut singing the role of Yakuside and covering the role of Goro in their Matthew Ozawa’s highly acclaimed new production of Madama Butterfly.

Other recent season highlights include his debut at Opera San José as a resident artist in their productions of Carmen as Remendado and West Side Story as Chino, followed by his debut at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in their productions of Awakenings (world premiere) as Frank and Leonard Lev (cover) and Carmen as Don José (cover) where he was awarded the Richard Gaddes Career Award in recognition of his important contribution to the success of the recent season and for his extraordinary vocal potential. Jared also performed the role of A-Rab in West Side Story at the Edinburgh International Festival, Greenhorn (cover) in Moby Dick at Chicago Opera Theater, Fenton in Falstaff at the Crested Butte Music Festival, and Miles in The Turn of the Screw with Chicago Fringe Opera.

On the concert stage, Jared recently appeared as the tenor soloist with the Madison Symphony Orchestra as the tenor soloist in A Madison Symphony Christmas, the Chautauqua Symphony in their Opera Pops concert, with Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Now Let's Sing, and with Chicago Sinfonietta in its MLK Tribute concert series. 

Mr. Esguerra has been a member of many notable young artist programs, including Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Chautauqua Opera, Crested Butte Opera Studio, Bel Canto at Caramoor (now Teatro Nuovo), and Sarasota Opera. He is also a proud alumnus of DePaul University.