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.