Light lyric tenor Christopher Jackson has a voice that has been described as beautifully warm with a high extension. Operatic roles include (but are not limited to): Alfred in Die Fledermaus (Strauss II), Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi (Puccini), Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Ferrando in Così fan tutte (Mozart). Recently, he performed in the Musical Theatre world in concert versions of South Pacific with New Philharmonic Orchestra and West Side Story with the Northwest Indiana Orchestra. In past and recent seasons, he has also worked with the Toledo Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera for the Young (Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast outreach tours), Sinfonietta Bel Canto, and Chicago Sinfonietta. Solo concert repertoire includes Mozart’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Bach’s Mass in B minor and Saint-Saëns’ Oratorio de Noël. He maintains multiple voice studios in the Chicago western suburbs including being the director of choir and voice at McHenry County College and is the Director of Music at Fox Valley Presbyterian Church in Geneva, Illinois.