Dr. Jonathan Stinson, baritone, has appeared in leading and supporting roles with opera companies throughout the United States and in Europe, including Cincinnati Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Central City Opera, Winter Opera St. Louis, Kentucky Opera, Opera Omaha, Opera Memphis, Dayton Opera, and Cleveland Opera. Abroad, he has sung the role of Don Magnifico in La cenerentola and the title role of Don Giovanni in Italy, the title role of Rigoletto in the UK, and Guglielmo in Così fan tutte and the title role of Gianni Schicchi in Bulgaria. Recent roles include Marcello in La bohème, Lescaut in Manon Lescaut, Don Giovanni and Leporello in Don Giovanni, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Don Magnifico in La cenerentola, Figaro and Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Tobias Mill in La cambiale di matrimonio, and Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore.

As a composer, Dr. Stinson has written 7 song cycles, 2 one-act operas, and several chamber and choral works. In 2015, his anthem “Beloved” won the Grand Prize of the Ninth Annual International Anthem Competition. His operas have been produced by Opera Memphis, Atlanta Opera, Delaware Valley Opera, Sanford Opera, and Seagle Music Colony, as well as at the University of Arkansas and the University of Missouri – Kansas City.

Dr. Stinson is a past Regional Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and received the “Bel Canto Award” as a finalist of the Orpheus National Voice Competition. He is an Assistant Professor of Voice and the Director of Opera Theatre at the University of Arkansas. Dr. Stinson is represented by MIA Artist Management.