JEREK FERNÁNDEZ

Jerek Fernández, tenor from San Juan, Puerto Rico, recently appeared as Beppe in Pagliacci with the Opera Festival of Chicago in the summer of 2025.

From 2023 to 2025, he was a Baumgartner Studio Artist with The Florentine Opera, where he performed roles including Remendado in Carmen, Damon in Acis & Galatea, and Guglielmo in Viva la Mamma, while covering Goro in Madama Butterfly. Earlier appearances with the company include Clergy in Offenbach’s Songbird, and covers of Piquillo, Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore, and Duende in María de Buenos Aires. He also sang Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni and Basilio in Le Nozze di Figaro with the company’s Summer Ensemble.

In the summer of 2024, Fernández joined Wolf Trap Opera as a Studio Artist, performing Parpignol in La Bohème and covering Sprinks in Silent Night as well as the tenor soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. He was also an Apprentice Artist with Sarasota Opera during its 2023 winter season. Additional engagements include performances with the Zarzuela and Operetta Foundation of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra.

He has earned recognition as a finalist in the Patricia Crump Vocal Competition, a semifinalist in the D’Angelo Young Artist Vocal Competition, and a semifinalist and honorable mention in the Young Patronesses of the Opera Competition.