BioJonathan Smucker’s repertoire spans more than forty roles, ranging from baroque to contemporary and encompassing opera, oratorio, operetta, and musical theater. Recent credits include Evangelist in the St. John Passion, Acis in Acis and Galatea, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni , Belmonte in The Abduction from the Seraglio, and Orphée in Orphée et Eurydice . A member of the Philharmonia Baroque Chorale, he has appeared as soloist with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in Purcell’s Dioclesian and Handel’s Teseo, making his Tanglewood and Lincoln Center debuts in the latter this past summer. In demand throughout the Bay Area and US, he has sung roles with companies including Aspen Opera Theater Center, San Francisco Opera Guild, Festival Opera, Opera San Jose, Opera Parallèle, Opera San Luis Obispo, Townsend Opera, Livermore Valley Opera, Ash Lawn Opera Festival, and in preview concerts for Opera Santa Barbara. Upcoming engagements include Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang with Stanford Symphony Orchestra, Messiah with Fresno Master Chorale, Pulcinella with Santa Rosa Symphony, and Dead Man Walking in San Francisco and at the Broad Stage, Santa Monica with Opera Parallèle.

An Ohio native, Jonathan earned Bachelor's, Master's, and Postgraduate degrees in voice at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, receiving special honors for excellence in Operatic and Baroque performance. He is a member of The Vinaccesi Ensemble, and is featured on their just-released Centaur Records CD- Benedetto Vinaccesi: The Solo Cantatas.