Tenor Jordan Loyd (they/them) is a proud queer, non-binary, Mexican-American artist who's eager to do their part in shaping the future of classical music and opera. 

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In 2025, Jordan added two major leading roles to their repertoire in collaboration with the Chicago City Opera. The first role being ‘Paul’ in the regional premiere of Korngold’s Die tote Stadt, of which Jordan’s performance was received enthusiastically. “Jordan Loyd was a magnificent Paul, with a remarkably varied palette of colors showing us a full range of feelings. Love and rage, tenderness and anxiety, confusion and self-pity, Loyd found it all. The tenor’s towering voice had Wagnerian power combined with superb control and convinced you that Paul was a man trapped in a dream that slowly turned to nightmare. This performance was a joy to hear and see...”, M.L. Rantala, Hyde Park Herald.

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Jordan’s second role debut of 2025 was in Chicago City Opera’s sold-out run of Bizet’s Carmen, as ‘Don José’. “[Loyd’s] portrayal was hypnotic and beautifully sung…”, said Kathy D. Hey in Third Coast Review. “[Loyd’s] acting skills are on point as [they segue] from a good country boy to a man lured and obsessed by the classic vamp. [Their] body language changes, and [their] expressions transform into the "thousand-mile stare," all the while singing with stellar power.”

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In Spring 2026, Jordan will work for the first time with Chicago Opera Theatre for their Chicago premiere production of Weill's Der Silbersee covering the lead role, Severin. ​

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Jordan spent two consecutive summers as an Apprentice Artist at Santa Fe Opera, where they were able to share the stage with many internationally-acclaimed artists. Jordan made their mainstage debut in the 2023 production of Dvořák's Rusalka as the ‘Gamekeeper’. “Jordan Loyd and Kaylee Nichols had a comic field day with their appearances as, respectively, the Gamekeeper and Kitchen Girl. [Loyd] sports a big, shining tenor that is already in quite remarkable estate for such a big instrument and at [their] young age…”, James Sohre, Opera Today. 

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Other assignments in Jordan’s time as a Santa Fe Opera apprentice included covering ‘Der Steuermann’ in Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer (2023) as well as covering ‘Dr. Caius’ in Verdi’s Falstaff (2022). Additionally, as a part of the annual Apprentice Scenes Program, Jordan performed the entire role of ‘The Witch’ in an English translation of Humperdinck’s Hansel & Gretel (2023).

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Jordan was a semifinalist at the 2024 Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition, singing the ‘Prinz’ from Dvořák's Rusalka and ‘Max’ from Weber’s Der Freischütz, as well as a finalist at the 2023 George & Nora London Foundation Competition, where they sang ‘Énée's’ Act 5 aria from Berlioz's Les Troyens.