American bass-baritone Jason Zacher, a native of New Jersey, is rapidly gaining national attention as a rising talent and versatile performer. Recently honored as a Second Prize winner in the 2024 Lotte Lenya Competition, Mr. Zacher is making significant strides in the worlds of opera, concert, and musical theatre.
In the summer of 2024, Mr. Zacher will return to The Glimmerglass Festival after a successful debut in 2023, where he made his role debut as Argante in Rinaldo and performed as a soloist alongside award-winning singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant and Anthony Roth Costanzo. This summer, Mr. Zacher will perform the role of Uncle/Witness 9 in Elizabeth Cree, cover the roles of Pirate King and Sergeant of Police in The Pirates of Penzance, and workshop the roles of Bum Man and Preacher Man in the first reading of The House on Mango Street (Bermel/Cisneros). He will then return to The Atlanta Opera for his second year as a member of the prestigious Glynn Studio Artist program.
During the 2023-24 season, in his first year with the The Atlanta Opera, Mr. Zacher was featured on stage in their productions of Frankenstein, Rigoletto, La Bohème, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, while also covering roles in their acclaimed productions of The Shining and Die Walküre. The same season saw multiple appearances by Mr. Zacher at Carnegie Hall, where he made his debut as the bass soloist with The Masterwork Chorus in Handel’s Messiah, as well as in Haydn’s Nelson Mass with MidAmerica Productions.
In the 2022-23 season, Mr. Zacher was a member of the Barbara and Halsey Sandford Studio Artist Program at Kentucky Opera, impressing audiences with his roles as Colline in La Bohème, Alidoro in La Cenerentola, and Henry in The Gift of the Magi. In spring 2023, he was also featured as the bass soloist in Mozart's Requiem with The Masterwork Chorus.
Prior to this, Mr. Zacher spent several summers with Des Moines Metro Opera, most recently in the summer of 2022, singing the role of Jimmy in the Midwest premiere of American Apollo (Geter/Palmer), in addition to covering in their productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Platée.
Jason Zacher is well-regarded in the competition circuit, having been named an NY District Winner for the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition (2023). He has also received top accolades from the Jensen Foundation, Annapolis Opera, James Toland Vocal Arts, Rochester Oratorio Society, Opera Birmingham, and the National Opera Association, among others.
Jason Zacher holds degrees from the University of Houston (M.M. Vocal Performance) and Montclair State University (B.M. Music Education). He is currently represented by UIA Talent Agency.