Jordan Hammons, tenor, most recently made is role debut as Don Josè in his Opera Arlington's production of Carmen. This season he joined Sarasota Opera as an apprentice artist where he performed the Messenger in Verdi’s Il Trovatore and covered Elder Gleaton in Floyd’s Susannah. While at Sarasota Opera, he also performed excerpts of Verdi’s I Lombardi alla prima crociata, I masnadieri, and Un ballo in maschera. At The Dallas Opera, Jordan made his mainstage debut as the Young Servant in Elektra by Richard Strauss. He has appeared in multiple The Dallas Opera Education and Outreach performances including The Little Prince, Jack and the Beanstalk, and The Bremen Town Musicians. He performed Princ in Dvořák’s Rusalka and Froh in Wagner's Das Rheingold with LAH Summer Opera Workshops in Philadelphia. On the concert stage, he has appeared in Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 2: Hymn of Praise, Britten’s Canticle III: Still Falls the Rain, Handel’s Messiah, and Dubois’s The Seven Last Words of Christ. In 2022 he was named a winner of the Houston District in the Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition. Jordan completed a Bachelor of Arts degree from Millsaps College in Jackson, MS, and continued his studies at Southern Methodist University, where he earned a Performer’s Diploma and Master of Music Degree. During his time at SMU, he was honored to receive the Roy and Sue Johnson Award for excellence in opera.