Jon Morrell was born in New York City, and is a student of Bill Schuman.

In August, he made a sensational Italian debut in the dual roles of Otello/Gedick in the world premiere of Carlo Pedini's opera Jago at the Teatro degli Avvaloranti in Citta Della Pieve, learning the complex and demanding role in just 10 days International Opera Theater .

Jon performs regularly in the United Kingdom. He has been heard in Schubert's Winterreise at St John's Smith Square, the Woodhouse Cops Festival in Surrey, and soloist for Wagner's Wesendonck lieder, conducted by Ben Woodward.

As a member of the Concordia Foundation in London, Jon has performed in Handel's Messiah at St. Paul's, and as Candide in excerpts from Bernstein's Candide at Queen Elizabeth Hall, under conductor Rebecca Miller.

In the United States, he has sung the role of Sesto in Handle's Giulio Cesare, Samson in Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila, and an acclaimed debut as Peter Grimes with One World Symphony. He is frequently in demand as tenor soloist for Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Hayden's Mass in Time of War, Handel's Messiah and Verdi's Requiem. In London Jon performed the role of Siegmund in a concert version of Act I Die Walküre at St John's in February 2009, and recently returned for a second concert this past September.

Highlights of Jon's engagements for 2010 include a debut as Parsifal with the Symphony Orchestra of Greece in Act II Parsifal, cover for the title role of Otello for the Kungliga Akademiska Kapellet of Sweden, and Tristan in Act II Tristan und Isolde with the Northern Wagner Orchestra in the UK. He will also be performing Parsifal in Act ll Parsifal at St. John’s in London, in October.