Gwyn hughes jones biography
- Welsh tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones has sung leading roles at many of the world's major opera houses, including the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Metropolitan.
- Gwyn Hughes Jones is a Welsh operatic tenor, best known for his leading roles in romantic Italian operatic repertoire.
- Biography.
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Gwyn Hughes Jones
Welsh operatic tenor
Gwyn Hughes Jones (born 25 October 1969) is a Welsh operatic tenor, best known for his leading roles in romantic Italian operatic repertoire.
Early life and education
Gwyn Hughes Jones was born in Llanbedrgoch, Anglesey, Wales,[1] and, after attending Ysgol Llanbedrgoch and Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni,[2] studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the National Opera Studio.[3]
Career
Jones began his operatic career at Welsh National Opera in 1995, appearing as Ismaele in Verdi's Nabucco.[4] He has subsequently appeared for WNO in roles such as Cavaradossi in Tosca, Don Alvaro in La forza del destino and Pinkerton in Madam Butterfly.[5] He debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in 2001 as Ismaele.[6]
In 2011, he appeared as Cavaradossi in Puccini's Tosca directed by Catherine Malfitano for English National Opera.[7] In 2012, he sang Manrico in Verdi's Il trovatore directed by David McVicar.[8], and in 2014 sang Pinkerton in Pu
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Gwyn Hughes Jones
Welsh tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones has sung leading roles at many of the world’s major opera houses, including the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Walther von Stolzing Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Pinkerton Madama Butterfly and Macduff Macbeth); Metropolitan Opera, New York (Ismaele Nabucco, Fenton Falstaff, Pinkerton Madama Butterfly and Manrico Il Trovatore cond. Daniele Callegari); Opéra national de Paris (Ismaele Nabucco and Camille de Rossillon Die Lustige Witwe); Lyric Opera of Chicago (Fenton Falstaff cond. Pappano, Pinkerton Madama Butterfly and Rodolfo La Bohème); Washington National Opera (Cavaradossi Tosca); Opéra de Lyon (title role of Werther cond. Christian Badea); and La Monnaie, Brussels (Fenton Falstaff cond. Pappano).
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Born Anglesey.
Welsh tenor.
Gwyn Hughes Jones studied in London at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
He has appeared with most of the British companies, including:- Welsh National Opera: Beethoven (Florestan); Verdi (Duke of Mantua, Manrico, Gustavus, Don Alvaro, Fenton); Gounod (Faust); Bizet (Don José); Leoncavallo (Canio); Mascagni (Turiddu) and Puccini (Cavaradossi).
With the Royal Opera: Verdi (Macduff), Wagner (Walther von Stolzing) and Puccini (Pinkerton). ENO: Verdi (Radamès) and Puccini (Rodolfo, Cavaradossi, Pinkerton, Calaf).
With Scottish Opera he has sung Verdi (Manrico) and Puccini (Cavaradossi).
At the New York Met his appearances include Verdi (Ismaele, Manrico, Fenton) and Puccini (Pinkerton). At Chicago: Verdi (Fenton); and Puccini (Rodolfo). Washington: Puccini (Pinkerton). Los Angeles: Puccini (Cavaradossi); San Francisco:
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