Nina Jones (they/them) is a San Francisco–based mezzo-soprano originally from Bolton, Massachusetts. Nina has appeared in a wide range of vocal, operatic, and theatrical performances across the U.S. and Canada. Critics have described their sound as “clean and clear” and their acting as “captivating” with “electric energy and devilish spunk.”

Recent stage credits include Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro (Pocket Opera), Dandini in La Cenerentola (San Francisco Opera Guild), Geminio in La Flora and Bireno in Olimpia Vendicata (Ars Minerva), Handmaid/chorus in The Handmaid’s Tale and chorus in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (San Francisco Opera), vocal quartet in Balls by Laura Karpman (Opera Parallèle), L’enfant in L’enfant et les sortilèges, Flora in The Enchanted Pig, Nireno in Giulio Cesare (SFCM), and Dorothée in L’Amant Anonyme (Opera McGill). Earlier appearances include Sesto (excerpts) in Giulio Cesare at the Heifetz Baroque Vocal Workshop, Alice in La croisade des dames (Opera McGill Horizons), Macbeth in Macbeth, and Jackie in Mauritius—the latter earning them the Best Actress award from the Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild.

Jones was a two-time recipient of the Mariana Paunova and Stefano Algieri Scholarship in Voice (2018, 2020) and has received numerous honors including the Duncan L. Campbell Memorial Award, First Prize at the Concours de Musique du Chœur de la Montagne, and Second Prize in the New England Conservatory’s Baroque Aria Competition.

In addition to opera, Nina has extensive choral and ensemble experience, having performed with the Schulich School of Music’s Early Music Ensemble, Vocal Chamber Ensemble, and Song Interpretation Ensemble, as well as the Concert Choir and the New England Conservatory’s Youth Chorale and Camerata.

They have worked closely with esteemed conductors including Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Matthew Dirst, David Stern, and Curt Pajer, and directors including Céline Ricci, James Darrah, and Sergey Khalikulov.

Nina holds a Master of Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where they studied under the tutelage of Susanne Mentzer, and a Bachelor of Music with honors from McGill University’s Schulich School of Music, under Dominique Labelle and Louise Pelletier. Earlier vocal studies were with Jayne West at the New England Conservatory.

Nina will continue their 2025 season singing the Chevalière d'Éon in Unlikely Allies, a new musical, and participating in their first circus opera in the fall.

Jones proudly identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.