About Opera Orchestrations.co.uk
Jonathan was born in London and read music at Bristol University winning both university undergraduate and British Academy postgraduate arts scholarships. He studied conducting with George Hurst after which he went on to conduct the British premiere of Fritz Oeser’s new critical edition of Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann at the Victoria Rooms in Bristol. He 1993 he co-founded Opera Project with whom he has conducted The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Albert Herring, La Bohème, La Traviata, The Barber of Seville, Tosca, La Cenerentola, Don Pasquale, Italian Girl in Algiers, Così fan tutte, The Magic Flute, Seraglio, Lampe’s Pyramus and Thisbe, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Walton’s The Bear and Façade, Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti, Ravel’s L’Heure Espagnole, Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale, The Turn of the Screw, Falstaff, Die Fledermaus, Carmen and Britten’s The Beggar’s Opera. For Longborough Festival Opera he has conducted A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Cunning Little Vixen, Madama Butterfly, Eugene Onegin and Rigoletto as well as Opera Project productions of The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Albert Herring, La Bohème and La Traviata.
In addition to conducting Jonathan has created reduced orchestrations of a number of operas, all of which he has conducted in productions by Opera Project. These orchestrations have been acclaimed by performers, audiences and critics alike for their textural cohesion and sympathy to the original orchestrations. A total of twelve operas have been reduced for smaller forces, the details of which are outlined on this website. Further details for Opera Project performances can be found by visiting www.operaproject.co.uk.
Jonathan as also worked as a classical record producer with some 25 commercial CD recordings to his credit. These include recordings of instrumental, chamber, orchestral and choral music including a disc of orchestral music by the composer Jim Parker and a recording of Walton’s film music for Henry V and As You Like It, which he made in collaboration with the actor John Nettles.
Please contact us for further information.