JASON MCSTOOTS

Tenor

April 24
2025

Boston Baroque debut

Reviewers describe Jason McStoots as having an “alluring tenor voice” (ArtsFuse) and as “the consummate artist, wielding not just a sweet tone but also incredible technique and impeccable pronunciation.” (Cleveland Plain Dealer) A respected interpreter of Early Music, he has been an integral part of the Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) since 2005 and appears on 8 of their 14 recordings.) In 2015 he was a featured soloist on the GRAMMY award winning opera recording of the music of Charpentier with BEMF. His opera performances with BEMF include Le Jeu in Les plaisirs de Versailles by Charpentier, Apollo in Orfeo, Eumete and Giove in Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria both by Monteverdi.  In addition, he was the Prince in the baroque pastiche The White Cat with Les Délices.  Other performances include evangelist in Bach’s St. Mark Passion (Emmanuel Music), evangelist and soloist for Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (Bach Collegium San Diego), and soloist for Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 (Green Mountain Project NYC.) He works regularly with Piffaro in Philadelphia, Les Délices in Cleveland and with Bach Collegium San Diego. 

“McStoots was the consummate artist, wielding not just a sweet tone but also incredible technique and impeccable pronunciation.”

— Cleveland Plain Dealer

He is a core member of the Renaissance ensemble, Blue Heron, and can be heard on all their recordings. Additionally, McStoots is an experienced stage director and dedicated educator; directing operas by Purcell, Mozart, Handel, Scarlatti, and Jacquet de La Guerre with the Boston Early Music Festival Young Artist Training Program, Les Délices, the Connecticut Early Music Festival, Amherst Early Music Festival, and Brandeis University. Since 2017 he has been the Associate Director of the BEMF Young Artist Training Program. 

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