With nearly seventy roles to his credit, baritone

Jason Detwiler has become well-known for his magnetic and energizing stage performances. His voice and acting have been described as "emotionally fervid", "richly expressive" and "commanding", embodying characters ranging from the comedic to the dramatic.

Among his most widely acclaimed roles are Eugene Onegin, Il conte di Luna  (Il trovatore), Zurga (Les pêcheurs de perles), and Gianni Schicchi.

This last season included returns to Opera Modesto as Ford in Falstaff,  a reprise of Gianni Schicchi with Opera Idaho, and house debuts with Tulsa Opera as Escamillo in 

La tragédie de Carmen and the title role of Don Pasquale with Mendocino Music Festival. This upcoming season will see the baritone cover Sweeney Todd with Opera Idaho, and return to the South Orange Performing Arts Center for

di Luna (Il trovatore), Next winter, Mr. Detwiler will mark his 70th role as the Baron in Viardot's Cendrillon  with

Opera Modesto.

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The baritone has performed nationally with San Diego Opera, Virginia Opera, New York City Opera, Wichita Grand Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, Opera Parallèle, Center for Contemporary Opera, Syracuse Opera, Opera Mississippi, Sacramento Opera,  Opera San Jose, Shreveport Opera, Opéra Louisiane, Festival Opera of Walnut Creek, West Bay Opera, Opera Idaho, Inland Northwest Opera, MidAmerica Productions at Carnegie Hall, Vallejo Symphony Orchestra, the American Philharmonic Sonoma County, the Idaho State-Civic Symphony, the Boise Philharmonic & Master Chorale, Boise Baroque, Tree City Chamber Players, and Idaho Concerts in Care, In France and Italy, the baritone has sung with the Opéra Théâtre d'Avignon and Teatro comunale di Manini respectively.  

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His concert credits include: Bach's St. John Passion, Cantatas 82 & 140, Haydn's Creation, Mozart's and Faure's Requiem, Handel's Messiah, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Dvorak's Te Deum, Schubert's Mass in G-minor, Saint-Säens' Christmas Oratorio, Mollicone's Beatitude Mass, staged versions of Schubert's Winterreise, Ahab (Bernard Herrmann's Moby Dick) and Jim Cockey's premier of Shalom: a Holocaust Memorial.

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Mr. Detwiler has continued to expand his repertory with musical leads in Carousel, The King & I, Oklahoma!, South Pacific, and as Apollo in the first industry reading of Jake Landau's musical, Psyche.

Currently, he resides in Boise, Idaho with his wife, 

mezzo-soprano Michele Detwiler, is managed by

Randsman Artists' Management, and studies with

New York City's Andrea DelGiudice.

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