Jason Detwiler,
Baritone

*Schmidek and SJOG Fellow

Jason Detwiler, a member of the resident company, will appear as John Proctor (The Crucible), Count Anckarstroem (A Masked Ball), Marcello (La bohème), and the title role in Don Giovanni during the 2005 - 2006 season. During the 2004 - 2005 season, Mr. Detwiler appeared as Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), Scarpia (Tosca), Escamillo (Carmen), and the title role in Der fliegende Holländer. Other roles performed with OSJ include Malatesta (Don Pasquale), Alfio (Cavalleria rusticana), Silvio (Pagliacci), Zurga (Les Pêcheurs de perles) and Dr. Falke (Die Fledermaus) during the 2003 - 2004 season.  Mr. Detwiler made his Opera San José debut in OSJ's 2002 - 2003 season as  Dandini (La Cenerentola), and performed Valentin (Faust), Conte di Luna (Il trovatore) and Papageno (Die Zauberflöte).

Mr. Detwiler has also performed with Apollo Sierra Opera, Sacramento Opera, Festival Opera, San Francisco Lyric Opera, Opera Idaho, and West Bay Opera. As a result of his work in Das Rheingold as Alberich, he was awarded a study grant from the Northern California Wagner Society and participated in a concert hosted by the Wagner Society in Washington, D.C. under the coaching of Thomas Stewart and Evelyn Lear. During the summer of 2005, Mr. Detwiler was a featured soloist with Monterey Opera.

Most recently, Mr. Detwiler was invited to compete in Placido Domingo's Operalia, an international competition held in Madrid, Spain, in June 2005. A 2001 regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the young baritone was also a winner of the Opera by the Bay Competition (Young Artist Category) that same year.  Past concert credits include the solos in Bach's Mass in B Minor, Handel's Messiah, and Saint-Saens' Christmas Oratorio.

Upcoming engagements include a performance in the title role of Vaughn William's Pilgrim's Progress in June 2006 with Trinity Lyric Opera of Walnut Creek.

For more information, please visit Mr. Detwiler's website:  http://www.jasondetwiler.com/

*Mr. Detwiler's artist residency is made possible in part by a
Fellowship Grant from Don and Jan Schmidek and the San José Opera Guild.