Dennis Jesse, baritone has performed in a variety of genres for over twenty-five years. He began his career on the musical theater stage, moved to operetta and ultimately to grand opera. He continues to perform in all these styles. He frequents the stages of many of America’s regional opera houses, recently with Central City Opera in their celebrated production of Billy Budd. He has appeared many times with New Orleans Opera, Opéra Louisiane, Orlando Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Jefferson Performing Arts Society, Pensacola Opera, and Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. Just recently he was with Opera Ithaca singing the title role in Nabucco; Opéra Louisiane as the four villains in their production of The Tales of Hoffmann and Shreveport Symphony as soloist in the Beethoven 9th Symphony. Mr. Jesse is a professor of voice at LSU, and he is the General and Artistic Director of Opera Festival di Roma, a summer abroad program sponsored by LSU in Orvieto and Rome, Italy. Over the years he has served on the international faculty of intensive summer abroad programs for young opera singers both in Italy and in Brazil and has recently joined the faculty of FIO Italia.
Dennis Jesse
