An exciting and promising young tenor born in Rochester NY, Jeffrey Behrens has already performed with some of the most prestigious artist training programs in the country including: Santa Fe Opera, Music Academy of the West, Britten-Pears Programme, Central City Opera, and Merola Opera Program with San Francisco Opera. He has already performed with New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and Opera Omaha. Career highlights include Podestà in La Finta Giardiniera, Pluton in Orphée aux Enfers, Peter Doyle in the world premiere of Miss Lonelyhearts, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, Alfred in Die Fledermaus, and Tom Rakewell in The Rake’s Progress.

Jeffrey has been awarded prizes from the Lotte Lenya Competition, Opera Index, Inc., Gerda Lissner Foundation, and as a regional finalist with the Metropolitan Opera National Council.