Theodore Chang
Theodore Chang is a baritone from and based in New York.
For the 2025-2026 season, Chang will return to New Jersey Opera Theater as Fedorov in Clint Borzoni's opera The Christmas Spider. He debuts with New York Opera Forum as Rochefort in Anna Bolena and Il Conte Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro. Additionally he debuts with Mannes Opera as an ensemble member while covering Caretto in Korngold's The Silent Serenade. In August, he will debut with the Sotto Voce Opera Collective as Don Fernando and cover Don Pizarro in Fidelio.
During the 2024-2025 season, he made his Music on Site debut as the Editor in Michael Ching's new opera Notes on Viardot. He also performed in their scenes showcase in classic roles such as Vodnik in Rusalka, the titular character in Gianni Schicchi and Sulpice in La fille du regiment. He served as an auxiliary chorister in Florida Grand Opera's productions of L'Elisir d'amore and Carmen and made his debut with New Jersey Opera Theater as Flora's Servant and covered Giorgio Germont in La traviata.
In the 2023-2024 season, Chang added many impressive roles: Masetto and Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni with Chicago Summer Opera, Mr. Jones in Street Scene and Alcindoro (Scenes) from La boheme with Frost Opera Theatre. He sang as the bass soloist in a rehearsal recording of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony for the Frost Chamber Singers. He also presented a graduation recital featuring works by Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Donizetti, Chausson and Finzi,concluding with a work by the Korean Composer Shin Dongsu.
The 2022-2023 season saw Chang as Antonio in Le nozze di Figaro with Frost Opera Theatre and Papageno in the Magic Flute with the Queen's Summer Vocal Institute. He also performed Masetto from Don Giovanni and the Judge from Trial by Jury, both in scenes, for Frost Opera Theatre.
He is a current M.M. candidate in Voice at the Mannes School of Music under the tutelage of baritone Stephen Powell and coach Joshua Greene. He earned his B.M. in Vocal Performance from the University of Miami's Frost School of Music, where he studied under Metropolitan Opera Baritone Kim Josephson.
He maintains a private teaching studio on Long Island, where he currently resides and is a member of the eVoco Voice Collective, an award-winning vocal ensemble based there.