JOSHUA JEREMIAH
BARITONE
BIOGRAPHY
Hailed as “rich-voiced” (The New York Times) and praised for his “warmly appealing, burnished baritone” (Opera Today), Joshua Jeremiah continues to bring his celebrated performances to theaters throughout the United States. Last season brought an exciting world premiere with Beth Morrison Projects singing the role of Niles in Sensorium Ex, as well as a workshop of the new work The Sheltering Tree with Hawaii Opera Theater, a house début with South Dakota Symphony Orchestra as the Preacher in Giants in the Earth, and his return to Dallas Symphony covering Alberich for their performances of Wagner’s Ring Cycle. In an exciting 2025-2026 season, Mr. Jeremiah joins Heartbeat Opera as the Doctor in Vanessa, returns to Toledo Opera as Escamillo in Carmen, débuts with Piedmont Opera as Tonio in Pagliacci, and returns to Hawaii Opera Theater for the world premiere of The Sheltering Tree.
Most recently, Mr. Jeremiah returned to Virginia Opera as Alberich in Siegfried, appeared as a soloist with the Virginia Symphony for Orff’s Carmina Burana, joined Toledo Opera for his role début as Tateh in Ragtime, and appeared in a concert of Puccini highlights with Portland Opera. Additional recent engagements include his début with Seattle Opera as Steersman in Tristan und Isolde, Melchoir in Amahl and the Night Visitors with OnSite Opera, Senator McCarthy/others in Fellow Travelers with Virginia Opera, a reprise of his celebrated Schicchi in Gianni Schicchi with Hawaii Opera Theater, and the title role in Macbeth with Resonance Works.
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Previous seasons also brought his return to Opera Company of Middlebury as Dunois in The Maid of Orleans and Jupiter in Orphée aux enfers, his role and company début as Donner in Das Rheingold with Nashville Opera, his role début as Germont in La Traviata with First Coast Opera, and Mr. Meriwether (Pooh-Bah) in The Montana Mikado, Intermountain Opera Bozeman’s new adaptation of the Gilbert & Sullivan classic. Additionally, he sang Il Conte di Luna in Il trovatore with Opera Tampa, Pangloss in Candide with Opera Company of Middlebury, and his début with Houston Grand Opera to sing the student matinee and cover Rigoletto.
Mr. Jeremiah made his début with Minnesota Opera as Horstmayer in Silent Night, performed the title role in Rigoletto with the Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera, Carmina burana with the Westmoreland Symphony, Scarpia in Tosca with the Reading Symphony, Father in Chunky in Heat with Experiments in Opera, Silvio in Pagliacci with New Orleans Opera, The Man in Persona in his Los Angeles Opera début, covering Alberich in Das Rheingold with Arizona Opera, his début with On Site Opera as Aaron Greenspan in Morning Star, When Adonis Calls with Asheville Lyric Opera, Marcello in La bohème with the Pittsburgh Festival, and Gianni Schicchi with the Opera Company of Middlebury.
Other highlights for Mr. Jeremiah include his role début as Macbeth with Opera Company of Middlebury, the title role in Rigoletto and Lassiter in the world-première of Riders of the Purple Sage with Arizona Opera, The Man in the world-première of Persona with Beth Morrison Projects, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream with Hawaii Opera Theatre, Gianni Schicchi with Mobile Opera, Alfio in Cavalleria rusticana with the New Jersey Festival Orchestra, his début with Des Moines Metro Opera as The Foreman in Jenůfa and Sonora in La fanciulla del West, Escamillo in Carmen with the Northern Lights Festival, John Sorel in The Consul with Opera Santa Barbara, Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas to Stephanie Bythe’s Dido with Mark Morris Dance Group at the Mostly Mozart Festival, Ford in Falstaff with Opera Louisiane, the world première of A Death in the Family with Hungary’s Armel Music Festival, Don Pedro in La Périchole, Deputy Mayor in Anna Nicole, the cover of Junior in A Quiet Place, and Guglielmo in Così fan tutte with New York City Opera, Billy Bigelow in Carousel with the Carnegie Visual and PAC, Capt. Lutte in Noel Coward’s Bitter Sweet with Bard SummerScape, and Athanaël in Thaïs with Opera Company of Middlebury, and Silvio in Pagliacci with Spokane Opera.
Mr. Jeremiah has been heard in concert with the New Haven Symphony, Cape Cod Symphony, Toledo Symphony, débuted with Jazz at Lincoln Center in a Rufus Wainwright concert, appeared with the New York Festival of Song with Steven Blier, and débuted at Alice Tully Hall with the Little Orchestra Society in an all-Victor Herbert program. He had his State Theater début with the New York City Opera orchestra in their 2010 gala Lucky to Be Me: Music of Leonard Bernstein. He has also joined the Yakima Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, the Great Falls Symphony for Handel’s Messiah, and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for Nielsen’s Symphony No. 3. He is featured on the live recording of Silent Night, now available on the NAXOS label. He is a former Young Artist with Seattle Opera, Wolf Trap Opera Company, and The Glimmerglass Festival.
Current as of June 13, 2025
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
"... robust baritone..." – Opera News
Candide – “Of course, none of this would fly without a strong cast. . . Joshua Jeremiah brings a robust baritone and high style to Pangloss."
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“... Joshua Jeremiah gave a powerful performance…” – Seen and Heard International
Frankenstein – “Joshua Jeremiah gave a powerful performance as the creature. His voice rang out rich, free and open and his diction was extraordinary...Jeremiah was just as potent dramatically, intertwining the anger and rage of the creature with his humanity."
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"... powerful baritone…” – Voci Di Meche
Morning Star – “Joshua Jeremiah used his keen dramatic instincts to create a believable character. His powerful baritone matched well with Ms. Pulley's soprano. We particularly liked a song he sang in Yiddish which was mostly understood by this German-speaking reviewer. He was reminiscing about what he missed about Riga.”
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"... marvelous voice..." – The Addison Independent
Macbeth– “Mr. Jeremiah has an equally marvelous voice and he gives a nuanced, fascinating performance as a conflicted Macbeth. He, again, is also a true singer-actor, bringing a vitality and physicality to the role that is a delight to watch. This Lord and Lady Macbeth engage each other with a sparkling intimacy that makes their “road to hell” a very engaging one.”
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"... warmly appealing, burnished baritone..." – Opera Today
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – “Joshua Jeremiah as Demetrius, whose warmly appealing, burnished baritone was wedded to exceptional diction. Both cut strapping romantic figures. . . These four lovers triumphed in the great Act Three quartet, their fresh, youthful instruments soaring, aching, and tumbling over each other in heartfelt, overlapping phrases. It proved to be the heart of the show and the unequivocal triumph of the evening.”