A native of Merida, Venezuela, Tenor Jimmy Kansau is frequently heard on the stages in the western United States. He recently finished his Masters Degree (2002) and his Post Graduate Diploma (2004) at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and has appeared in many different genres of vocal music including Opera, Oratorio, Recitals and Zarzuela.

On the opera stage, he has performed such diverse roles as Rodolfo in La Boheme (San Francisco Conservatory), Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus (Rogue Valley Opera), and Tamino in Die Zauberfloete (Institutto Internazionale d’Opera, Rome). He is frequently seen with the San Francisco Lyric Opera, where he has performed the roles of Don Ramiro in Cenerentola, Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte, as well as Count Almaviva in Il Barbieri di Siviglia. Other recent opera engagements include Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore with Livermore Valley Opera, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi at the San Francisco Conservatory and Miguelito in the Zarzuela Luis Alfonzo at the Jarvis Conservatory.

An active concert performer and recitalist, he has performed works from the standard repertoire including Mozart’s Requiem, Beethoven's An Die ferne Geliebte, Saint-Saens's Christmas Oratorio and Handel’s Messiah, which he has sung for the past three seasons at Davies Symphony Hall in the annual Sing it Yourself Messiah.