CHANCE JONAS-O’TOOLE

Originally from Dallas, TX, tenor Chance Jonas-O’Toole is pursuing a Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School, where he also completed his undergraduate studies.

In the past season, Chance sang the role of the Sailor in Juilliard Opera’s touring production of Dido and Aeneas, about which OperaWire Magazine said, “his voice was transformative...he masterfully phrased each line so that his emotional connection to every word was his guide.” Also at Juilliard, he has portrayed the Prologue in Britten’s Turn of the Screw, Mercure in Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie, and Nebuchadnezzar in Britten’s The Burning Fiery Furnace.

He has completed two fellowships at the Tanglewood Music Center, where he performed in programs of Bach cantatas under John Harbison, and multiple other recitals in Seiji Ozawa Hall. He is a student of William Burden.