Jordan Shanahan

Hawaiian baritone Jordan Shanahan has performed over 75 leading roles at theaters around the world. Success in a number of significant international competitions led to invitations to join Opera Studio Nederland and The Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera Chicago. After a vibrant early career in the United States which included regular work at the Metropolitan Opera, he moved to Europe in 2013. Since winning the 1st prize in the Meistersinger von Nürnberg competition, he has been in great demand to sing the leading roles of the German dramatic repertoire. Some recent projects of note include the title role in Rigoletto at the Bregenz Festival, Don Carlo di Vargas in La Forza del Destino in Modena and Cologne, Tamare in Die Gezeichneten in Hannover and Jochanaan in Salome at the Daegu Oper