As a young man, Jordan was instructed in singing and was reputed to be good enough to sing professionally.  After his father's death, he took the elder Jordan's chair on the board of the New England Conservatory of Music, where he helped in the school's move from Franklin Square to its present location near Symphony Hall.  He then made possible the construction of three houses designed for different presentations of opera.

Jordan built the Majestic for the broad range of European operas.  He built Jordan Hall as a fine concert auditorium, and in 1909 he built the grand-scaled Boston Opera House on a nearby Huntington Avenue site to house Henry Russell's Boston Opera Company.  The latter was razed in 1957, leaving only the Majestic and Jordan Hall as purpose-built opera facilities.

In its heyday, many of the world's most famous artists performed at the Majestic.  These artists run from A to Z -- from Bud Abbott and Fred Allen (after whom Allen's Alley, which runs beside the Theatre, is named,) to the Mark Morris Dance Group and the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. 

Today the Cutler Majestic Theatre is Boston's most popular opera house.  It is home to Opera Boston and the international opera producer Teatro Lirico d'Europa, as well as the New England Conservatora Opera Theater.  Musicals, dramas, dance, and classical music grace its stage as well.