Rising young bass Allen Michael Jones continues to gain recognition in major theaters across North America. Highlights of his 2023-2024 season will include appearances in Salome with Dallas Opera as Fifth Jew and a return to the role of Colline in La bohème with Florentine Opera. Mr. Jones began the 2022-2023 season as Colline in La bohème for his company debut with Nashville Opera, a role he then reprised at Pensacola Opera. He was then heard as  the Imperial Commissioner in Madama Butterfly with his hometown company, Atlanta Opera, and returned to Minnesota Opera as Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni. He ended his season at Des Moines Metro Opera in the role of Zuniga in Carmen. 

In the summer prior to the season, Jones returned to the Santa Fe Opera as a member of the renowned Apprentice Artist program. During his two summers in Santa Fe, he was heard as the Officer in Il barbiere di Siviglia and as Zaretsky in Eugene Onegin, a role he sang with Dallas Symphony under the baton of Fabio Luisi. A former resident artist with Minnesota Opera, Jones was heard in performances as Zuniga in Carmen, Superintendent Budd in Albert Herring, and appeared in concerts and performances specifically produced during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also enjoys a strong relationship with Toledo Opera where he performed the role of Ferrando in Il trovatore, and where he was scheduled to sing Father in Blue and Ramfis in Aida, both unfortunately canceled due to the pandemic. Jones was also a Resident Artist with Michigan Opera Theatre where he performed as Masetto in Don Giovanni, Zaretsky in Eugene Onegin, Balthanzar in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Maximillian in Candide, and sang multiple roles in Ricky Ian Gordon’s Grapes of Wrath.

Also a gifted composer, Jones is a proud graduate of Morehouse College where he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music Composition before going on to earn his Master of Music Degree in Vocal Performance form Georgia State University.