Jon Thomas Olson

July 9th, 2015 by admin

Jon Thomas Olson (tenor) was recently seen in scenes as Pang from Turandot and Prunier from La Rondine with Chelsea Opera. Previous engagments include Uldino (Attila/Opera Company of Brooklyn), The Lover (Amelia al Ballo/Opera Company of Brooklyn), Michael (Emperor Norton/Chelsea Opera), Giuseppe (La Traviata/NY Opera Exchange), Kaglar (Lisa[Sissy]/ enCANTA Collective), Monostatos (Die Zauberflöte/NY Opera Exchange), Troubador (The Perfect Fool/ enCANTA Collective), Abdallo (Nabucco/ Minnesota Opera), and Don Jose (Carmen/Minnesota Opera Education Dept). Previously he has worked with the Minnesota Opera in over 20 productions as well as some smaller companies in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area. He earned his B.A. in Music with an emphasis in Vocal Performance from Bemidji State University in Minnesota.