Bass Allen Michael Jones begins the 2022-2023 season as Colline in La bohème for his company debut with Nashville Opera. Additionally in the season, Jones will be heard as Colline with Pensacola Opera, as the Imperial Commissioner in Madama Butterfly with his hometown company – Atlanta Opera, and returns to Minnesota Opera as Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni. In the summer prior to the season, Jones was a member of the famed Apprentice Artist program at The Santa Fe Opera. 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 was scheduled to sing Father in Blue, Ramfis in Aida, and was able to perform Ferrando in Il trovatore. Jones was also a Resident Artist with Michigan Opera Theatre where he performed as Masetto in Don Giovanni, Zaretsky, 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.