Of his debut with New York City Opera in Acis and Galatea, Opera News remarked that the role of Polyphemus was “brilliantly played by Jason Hardy."

Mr. Hardy was recently seen as in the title role in Le nozze di Figaro with Opera Cleveland, Cadmus/Somnus in Semele with Florentine Opera, Leporello in Don Giovanni with Connecticut Opera, Colline in La Bohème with Nashville Opera, and as the bass soloist in Stravinsky’s Les Noces with the New York City Ballet, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. This fall he returns to New York City Opera as Leporello in a new production of Don Giovanni. Other upcoming engagements include Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro with Opera Omaha and Opera Birmingham, Speaker in Die Zauberflöte with the Atlanta Opera, and Handel’s Messiah with both the Kansas City Symphony and Richmond Symphony.

Additional recent engagements for Mr. Hardy include Leporello with Orlando Opera, Colline with Berkshire Opera and Palm Beach Opera, Don Magnifico in La cenerentola with Connecticut Opera, Opera Birmingham, and Wolf Trap Opera, Don Alfonso in Così fan Tutte with the Merola Opera Program of the San Francisco Opera and Connecticut Opera, Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore with Cleveland Opera and Wolf Trap Opera, 5th Jew in Salome with Baltimore Opera, and an opera gala with Opéra de Montréal.

Other roles have included Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd, Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress, Sparafucile in Rigoletto, Uberto in La serva padrona, Crespel in The Tales of Hoffmann, Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro, and the Count in Manon. Mr. Hardy has also sung the role of Parsons under the baton of Maestro Lorin Maazel in the pre-production recording of his opera, 1984.

The bass was a Regional Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, National Finalist for the Lyric Opera of Chicago Center for American Artists, Grand Prize-winner of both the Florida Grand Opera Competition and the Heinz Rehfuss Singing Actor Competition, and a winner in the Liederkranz Foundation, Palm Beach Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Opera Birmingham, Connecticut Opera, and the Oratorio Society of New York vocal competitions. He is also the recipient of a Sullivan Foundation Career Grant.

On the concert platform, Mr. Hardy has given numerous performances at Carnegie Hall, including Mozart’s Requiem and Ein Deutches Requiem by Brahms, both under the baton of John Rutter. Concert highlights also include debuts at the Kennedy Center, Avery Fisher Hall, and appearances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic/a>, National Symphony Orchestra, National Chorale, New York Choral Society, New York City Ballet, and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Other performances have included Bach’s Magnificat, and St. John Passion, as well as The Creation, Mass in C Minor, Messiah, L’Enfance du Christ, Dona Nobis Pacem, Verdi’s Requiem, Fauré’s Requiem, Stravinsky’s Pulcinella, and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.

In recital, Mr Hardy performed song repertoire and vocal chamber works ranging from Purcell to Prokofiev at the prestigious Marlboro Music Festival. He has presented recitals nationwide under the auspices of the Marilyn Horne Foundation, including a debut recital at Weill Hall, where he performed the world premiere of John Musto’s viva sweet love. He is also a founding member of the Southeastern Festival of Song. Jason Hardy has recently released his first solo CD, entitled "Youth and Love" and is available for preview on his website.