Mc Jefferson Agloro
baritone
Bio
Mc Jefferson Agloro is a Filipino-American baritone based in Chicago, Illinois. Raised in the Philippines and Sacramento, California, he earned his bachelor’s degree in music from California State University Sacramento, and is currently pursuing his master's degree in voice and opera performance at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music under the guidance of Patrice Michaels. He has received awards from the North Shore Musicians Club Scholarship Competition, Opera Modesto, and Music in the Mountains, and has competed in the Arkansas District of the Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition this spring of 2026.
Mc Jefferson has appeared as a featured soloist in concert with several ensembles, including the Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble, Camerata California, and the Camellia Symphony Orchestra. Operatically, he has performed with the California State University, Sacramento Opera Theater as Dr. Falke in Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, the title role in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Baron de Pictordu in Pauline Viardot’s Cendrillon, and Papageno in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte.
In 2023, Mc Jefferson debuted the role of Commander X in Alon Nechushtan’s Legit Secrets with Four Corners Ensemble’s Operation Opera. Last season, he performed as Moralès in Georges Bizet's Carmen, Mr. Johannes “Pa” Zegner in Northwestern University Opera Theater's Chicago-area premier production of Missy Mazzoli's Proving Up, Danilo in Franz Lehár’s Die lustige Witwe at the same institution, and Peter in the Berlin Opera Academy production of
Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel.
EVENTS
EVENTS
North Shore Musicians Club
Wednesday, May 20th, 2026
Skokie Public Library
Finalist
Mc Jefferson Agloro is one of the finalists of the 2026 Evanston Music Club/North Shore Musicians Club Scholarship Competition, and he will be awarded following a required live performance.
Carmen - George Bizet
February 26 - March 1, 2026
Cahn Auditorium | Northwestern University
Moralès | Escamillo cover
Love, jealousy, and tragedy collide in Bizet’s classic opera as Don José turns his back on his childhood sweetheart and his military career to pursue the attentions of the fiery, free-spirited Carmen. When the popular, yet boastful toreador Escamillo arrives and sets his sights on Carmen, José finds he must compete for her affection.
Proving Up - Missy Mazzoli
November 13-16, 2025
Ryan Opera Theater | Northwestern
Mr. Johannes “Pa” Zegner
A new opera by accomplished composer Missy Mazzoli will finally make its Chicago-area debut Nov. 13 at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music. “Proving Up,” a haunting and surreal opera, was scheduled to run at Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2022 but was cancelled due to a surge in COVID-19.
Danilo
Count Danilo’s family had forbidden him to marry the beautiful but impoverished Hanna, although they adored each other. Now, circumstance has made her the richest widow in Pontevedro, but the Count hesitates to declare his love, fearing Hanna will think he is only interested in her new fortune. What’s a “Merry Widow” to do? This staging takes Franz Lehár’s ravishing melodies to a world of parties, fantasy, intrigue, and illusion in present-day Paris, where all is not as it seems.
The Merry Widow - Franz Lehár
February 26 - March 2, 2025
Cahn Auditorium | Northwestern University