Alexander Rodriguez

AJ Rodriguez is a San Francisco Bay Area tenor who started his musical journey around the age of twelve. Aj would describe himself as a interdisciplinarian within his field. Along with a drive to perform, he has a strong passion to educate and explore ways that music of the past and present can be used to challenge/inform us socially in our modern age. His long-term plan is to become an expert in vocal pedagogy so he can use his expertise to enhance performance skills of his own and of others.

Noteworthy performances include the role of Alfred in Johann Strauss's "Die Fledermaus," Macheath in Kurt Weill's "The Threepenny Opera," and the Celebrant in Leonard Bernstein’s "MASS", all with San Jose State University Opera Theater. He just concluded the role of Mercury in Offenbach's "Orpheus in the Underworld" and is now working on the role(s) of Basillio/Don Curzio in Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," both at the Manhattan School of Music.

He holds a bachelor degree from San Jose State University in Music Education and is a concluding his Masters in Voice Performance at The Manhattan School the May. Upcoming engagements include contemporary work with Beth Morrison Projects during summer 2022.

He was the recipient of the Stella Berbooth Scholarship & Lois King Thore Music Scholarship Endowment simultaneously at San Jose State University.