THE blacksmith

AS CODY

Mr. Swanson was slated to appear as Cody in Philidor's The Blacksmith in a touring production with Opera Lafayette.

Canceled due to COVID-19

May 2020

OPERA LAFAYETTE

EDWARD TULANE

AS EDWARD TULANE

Mr. Swanson was scheduled to appear in the title role of the world premiere of Paola Prestini & Mark Campbells' Edward Tulane.

Canceled due to COVID-19

March 2020

MINNESOTA OPERA

ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO

AS BELMONTE

Mr. Swanson debuts the role of Belmonte in a twentieth-century reimagining of Mozart's classic at Opera Omaha's Orpheum Theater..

February 2020

OPERA OMAHA

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SONS OF BACH

TENOR SOLOIST

Mr. Swanson appears as the tenor soloist with the American Symphony Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall.

December 2019

AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

MESSA DI GLORIA

TENOR SOLOIST

Mr. Swanson performs the tenor solos in Rossini's Messa di Gloria with Paris's La Seine Musicale.

November 2019

LA SEINE MUSICALE

OTELLO

AS RODRIGO

Mr. Swanson appears as Rodrigo in Rossini's lesser-known retelling of the Shakespearean drama with Oper Frankfurt.

September & October 2019

OPER FRANKFURT

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OPERA ON THE RIVER

IN CONCERT

Mr. Swanson headlines an outdoor concert of operatic favorites with the newly developed Operatunity Theatre in Stillwater, MN..

August 2019

OPERATUNITY THEATRE

BASTIANELLO

AS YOUNG BASTIANELLO

Mr. Swanson performs the role of Young Bastianello in John Musto's one-act comedy, Bastianello..

July 2019

FESTIVAL NAPA VALLEY

IL BARBIERE

DI SIVIGLIA

AS ALMAVIVA

Mr. Swanson makes his Portland Opera debut performing the role of Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia.

June 2019

PORTLAND OPERA

STREET SCENE

AS SAM KAPLAN

Mr. Swanson made his role and house debut singing Sam Kaplan in Kurt Weill's Street Scene at Oper Köln.

May 2019

OPER KÖLN

DIE FLEDERMAUS

AS ALFRED

Mr. Swanson made a role and house debut with Palm Beach Opera debut performing Alfred in Die Fledermaus. David Stern conducts, Dona D. Vaughn directs..

March 2019

PALM BEACH OPERA

IL BARBIERE

DI SIVIGLIA

AS ALMAVIVA

Mr. Swanson performed the role of Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia in his Latin American debut at Theatro Municipal de São Paulo. Roberto Minczuk conducts.

February 2019

THEATRO MUNICIPAL DE SÃO PAULO

L'ELISIR D'AMORE

AS NEMORINO

Mr. Swanson performs the role of Nemorino in Donizetti's L'elisir d'Amore in his house debut at Den Norske Opera in Oslo, Norway.

November & December 2018 | January 2019

DEN NORSKE OPERA

CANDIDE

AS CANDIDE

Mr. Swanson revisited the title role in Bernstein's Candide in his house debut at Paris' Théâtre des Champs-Elysées alongside Sabine Devieilhe and Anne Sofie von Otter.

October 14, 2018 | Opéra de Marseille

October 17, 2018 | Thêatre des Champs-Elysées

THÉÂTRE DES

CHAMPS-ELYSÉES

OPÉRA DE MARSEILLE

A BERNSTEIN CABARET

Mr. Swanson joined the Moab Music Festival for We Are Women: A Bernstein Cabaret, an evening of songs with narrative conceived by Jamie Bernstein, and Michael Barrett.

September 7, 2018

MOAB MUSIC FESTIVAL

L'ITALIANA

IN ALGERI

AS LINDORO

Mr. Swanson performed the role of Lindoro in L'italiana in Algeri at Santa Fe Opera. Corrado Rovaris conducts, Shawna Lucey directs.

July | August 2018

SANTA FE OPERA

STABAT MATER

ROSSINI

Mr. Swanson performed with the Choral Arts Society of Washington as the tenor soloist in Rossini's Stabat Mater at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

May 19, 2018

JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER

IL BARBIERE

DI SIVIGLIA

AS ALMAVIVA

Mr. Swanson performed the role of Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia in his house debut at Lyric Opera of Kansas City. Leonardi Vordoni conducts, Michael Shell directs.

April | May 2018

LYRIC OPERA OF KANSAS CITY

CANDIDE

AS CANDIDE

Mr. Swanson performed the title role in Bernstein's Candide in his house debut at LA Opera alongside Kelsey Grammar, Christine Ebersole, and Erin Morley. James Conlon conducted Francesca Zambello's production.

January | February 2018

LA OPERA

IL BARBIERE

DI SIVIGLIA

AS ALMAVIVA

Mr. Swanson performed the role of Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia in his house debut at Glyndebourne.

Fall 2018

GLYNDEBOURNE

Back to Upcoming Engagements

THE blacksmith

AS CODY

Mr. Swanson was slated to appear as Cody in Philidor's The Blacksmith in a touring production with Opera Lafayette.

​

Canceled due to COVID-19

May 2020

OPERA LAFAYETTE

EDWARD TULANE

AS EDWARD TULANE

Mr. Swanson was scheduled to appear in the title role of the world premiere of Paola Prestini & Mark Campbells' Edward Tulane.

​

Canceled due to COVID-19

March 2020

MINNESOTA OPERA

ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO

AS BELMONTE

Mr. Swanson debuts the role of Belmonte in a twentieth-century reimagining of Mozart's classic at Opera Omaha's Orpheum Theater..

​

February 2020

OPERA OMAHA

SONS OF BACH

TENOR SOLOIST

Mr. Swanson appears as the tenor soloist with the American Symphony Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall.

​

December 2019

AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

MESSA DI GLORIA

TENOR SOLOIST

Mr. Swanson performs the tenor solos in Rossini's Messa di Gloria with Paris's La Seine Musicale.

​

November 2019

LA SEINE MUSICALE

OTELLO

AS RODRIGO

Mr. Swanson appears as Rodrigo in Rossini's lesser-known retelling of the Shakespearean drama with Oper Frankfurt.

​

September & October 2019

OPER FRANKFURT

OPERA ON THE RIVER

IN CONCERT

Mr. Swanson headlines an outdoor concert of operatic favorites with the newly developed Operatunity Theatre in Stillwater, MN..

​

August 2019

OPERATUNITY THEATRE

BASTIANELLO

AS YOUNG BASTIANELLO

Mr. Swanson performs the role of Young Bastianello in John Musto's one-act comedy, Bastianello..

​

July 2019

FESTIVAL NAPA VALLEY

IL BARBIERE

DI SIVIGLIA

AS ALMAVIVA

Mr. Swanson makes his Portland Opera debut performing the role of Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia.

​

June 2019

PORTLAND OPERA

STREET SCENE

AS SAM KAPLAN

Mr. Swanson made his role and house debut singing Sam Kaplan in Kurt Weill's Street Scene at Oper Köln.

​

May 2019

OPER KÖLN

DIE FLEDERMAUS

AS ALFRED

Mr. Swanson made a role and house debut with Palm Beach Opera debut performing Alfred in Die Fledermaus. David Stern conducts, Dona D. Vaughn directs..

​

March 2019

PALM BEACH OPERA

IL BARBIERE

DI SIVIGLIA

AS ALMAVIVA

Mr. Swanson performed the role of Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia in his Latin American debut at Theatro Municipal de São Paulo. Roberto Minczuk conducts.

​

February 2019

THEATRO MUNICIPAL DE SÃO PAULO

L'ELISIR D'AMORE

AS NEMORINO

Mr. Swanson performs the role of Nemorino in Donizetti's L'elisir d'Amore in his house debut at Den Norske Opera in Oslo, Norway.

​

Mr. Swanson joined the Moab Music Festival for We Are Women: A Bernstein Cabaret, an evening of songs with narrative conceived by Jamie Bernstein, and Michael Barrett.