Acclaimed Lyric Tenor Jon Grave

Destined for a vocal career following Choirboy of the Year success and his first operatic lead role Amahl, all whilst a chorister at Newcastle Cathedral. Jon’s forty-four subsequent roles include Puccini, Mozart, Donizetti and Gilbert & Sullivan operas. Recent engagements include Schumann’s Dichterliebe in Heidelberg, a second reprisal of Barthelier in Bouffe (a role created for the Brighton Festival), Giuseppe in La Traviata (West Green House Opera), Schubert’s Winterreise, the evangelist in Bach’s St John and Matthew Passions and his 30th Messiah.

Jon entered the Guildhall School of Music as a talented trumpeter before focussing on singing before his graduation in 2003. He has an MA in Music Performance from the University of Chichester where he has lectured in Voice; Opera & Operetta and Italian since 2009. Jon has worked with renowned tenors Adrian Thompson and Neil Jenkins and currently studies with Colin Baldy in Italy, William Allenby at the Royal Opera House and Cheyne Davidson at Zurich Opera House.

Jon has performed for the Royal Family and in all the major London concert halls, and in world famous venues in over twenty countries including the Mariinsky and Kremlin Theatres in Russia. Jon's repertoire includes over 70 oratorios and nearly 500 songs. Major film soundtracks with actors including Ewan McGregor and Richard E Grant, live broadcasts, solo recordings and lead film roles complete his catalogue.

Online CV available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UNdKaFy3uMp2FLwvGdjuVVDzy5EShBf43grme-CExvo

View my website http://www.theseriousmusic.com/