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Jonathan W. Kimple received his Master of Music degree from Manhattan School of Music.  His credits include Count Ceprano in Rigoletto for Sarasota Opera, where he also covered the role of Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutte, Sergeant of Police in Pirates of Penzance with Virginia Opera, Alcindoro/Benoit covers in La Bohème for Santa Fe Opera, William Emmons in The Village Singer for Manhattan School of Music Opera Studio, Talpa in Il Tabarro, as well as Simone in Gianni Schicchi for Muraco/Vaughn Seminar, Grande Prêtre in Oedipe à Colone and Scholar in Il Mondo della Luna for Opera Lafayette, and Hermann in Les Contes d’Hoffman for Maryland Opera Studio.  His roles at Portland Opera this season include Marquis d’Obigny in La Traviata, Second Prisoner in Fidelio, Jove in La Calisto, and Count Ceprano in Rigoletto.