
Jonathon Rahul Sengupta is a tenor, artist, actor, and pianist from Rochester, New York focused at promoting inclusivity and diversity through performing opera and musical theatre work, as well as telling older and newer stories in a nuanced way. Jonathon has had the honor of professionally exploring opera, musical theatre, and choral work in his career thus far.
A recent Encouragement Award winner of the Laffont Competition at the Metropolitan Opera Capital District, he has portrayed roles with companies like Blackfriars Theatre, Nazareth University Opera, Finger Lakes Opera (FLO), and Peabody Institute Opera Theatre. Recent credits include his an Apprentice Artist residency with FLO, enjoying ensemble roles in Joseph Bologne’s L’Amant anonyme and Verdi’s Rigoletto. Other productions include Abraham Kaplan in Street Scene (Peabody Opera Theatre), his regional theatre debut as Fabrizio Nacarrelli in The Light in the Piazza and ensemble in Sweeney Todd (Blackfriars Theatre), and both L’Aumonier and Chevalier de la Force in Dialogues of the Carmelites (Nazareth University Opera), where he received his Bachelors in Music in Vocal Performance with a piano minor. Jonathon is currently working toward his Masters in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy, studying with tenor Barry Banks at The Peabody Institute in Baltimore, MD.
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