During HGO’s 2024-25 season, Jack Swanson performs the role of Don Ramiro in Cinderella. He previously performed with HGO as Fenton in Falstaff (2023). The 2023-24 season saw him perform Ferrando in Così fan tutte at Den Norske Opera, Don Ramiro in Cinderella at Den Norske Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago, Count Almaviva in The Barber Of Seville at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro and the Arena di Verona, and Belfiore in Il viaggio a Reims in Pesaro. During the 2024-25 season, he performs the role of Almaviva in The Barber of Seville in his debut with the Metropolitan Opera and Ernesto in Don Pasquale with Hamburg State Opera. Recent operatic highlights include the title role in Paola Prestini’s Edward Tulane with the Minnesota Opera (2022) and house debuts with Austin Opera as Almaviva in The Barber of Seville (2022), Utah Opera as Tonio in La Fille du Régiment (2023), and The Atlanta Opera as the title role in Candide (2022). In concert, Swanson has joined Houston’s Mercury Chamber Orchestra for Handel’s Messiah, The Utah Symphony for Carmina Burana, The Houston Symphony for Mozart’s Requiem, and performed in recital with Matinee Musicale in Duluth. Swanson has performed at such opera houses as Teatro Regio di Torino, Oper Frankfurt, Los Angeles Opera, Opera National du Rhin, the Opéra National de Lorraine, and Santa Fe Opera, as well as making concert appearances at Lausitz Festival, Regio Opera Festival, and Rossini Opera Festival. He is the recipient of a Richard Tucker Career Grant and a two-time winner of the Richard Tucker Memorial Award from Santa Fe Opera.