REVIEWSDie Meistersinger/Saffron Opera Group: 09/14.Jonathan Finney was something else that is rather rare, a very appealing Walther, both genial and reflective, and at times even uncertain...but there was no uncertainty about his stamina and his ability to sustain the role through to his triumph, his final prize song. WAGNER NEWS" Jonathan Finney’s redoubtable Walther and his forthright tenor found some eloquent colours in ... the ‘Prize Song’. It is a fiendish role and Saffron Opera Group were fortunate that singers like Finney are around... "SEEN & HEARD INTERNATIONALDas Rheingold and Gotterdammerung with Fulham Opera 2013-14.www.fulhamopera.com"Jonathan Finney impressed with the clarity of his singing as Loge who was somewhat more thoughtful and less playful than some are... [singing the Gotterdammerung Siegfried] Jonathan Finney acquitted himself well as Siegfried and his final lines as he dies had tremendous pathos.SEEN & HEARD INTERNATIONAL"Jonathan Finney a louche Loge ... acted the changeable fire-god with sophisticated energy: Loge seemed to have permanently just rolled in from a much better party elsewhere...In Götterdämmerung, [he], was another excellent Siegfried, rather more of dreamer this time, deeply romantic and tragically trusting of all around him. His gradual realisation, just before his death, of his love for Brünnhilde was truly beautiful. BACHTRACKThe Götterdämmerung Siegfried was played by Jonathan Finney. His agile, characterful instrument is leaner and edgier... [and] has plenty of vocal experience and intelligence ... His acting, too, was utterly convincing, making a strong, sympathetic case for the duped hero, and his warmth of personality counted for much. He also sang a deliciously likeable Loge...wonderfully louche and laid-back, and genuinely funny. He made me think of Philip Langridge, and I can offer little higher praiseWAGNER NEWS
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WritingWriting 2010 - PresentWriting a book about Stanley Kubrick's reading, using as source material his vast library of annotated books. This is more a study of his intellectual hinterland than the films, which were the product of this mind and its investigations.Developing with New Sparta films, a treatment of the Nibelung myths in a contemporary setting. -
As SingerVarious 1994 - PresentJonathan Finney’s roles include Parsifal [2005/6/12], Loge [2004/5/8/14], Tristan [2005/10/13], Siegmund [2006/09/12/13], Siegfried [2007/08/10/11/13/14], Tannhauser [2011/16], Walther von Stolzing [2007/2014], Apollo [2006] - Daphne /R. Strauss, Der Kaiser- Die Frau ohne Schatten/R.Strauss [2015], Herod [2014] - Salome/R.Strauss, Levko [2006] - May Night/ Rimsky Korsakov, Boris & Tikhon- Katya Kabanova/Janacek [2009/10], Luka [2104] From the House of the Dead/ Janacek, Aeneas [2008] – Dido &… Show more Jonathan Finney’s roles include Parsifal [2005/6/12], Loge [2004/5/8/14], Tristan [2005/10/13], Siegmund [2006/09/12/13], Siegfried [2007/08/10/11/13/14], Tannhauser [2011/16], Walther von Stolzing [2007/2014], Apollo [2006] - Daphne /R. Strauss, Der Kaiser- Die Frau ohne Schatten/R.Strauss [2015], Herod [2014] - Salome/R.Strauss, Levko [2006] - May Night/ Rimsky Korsakov, Boris & Tikhon- Katya Kabanova/Janacek [2009/10], Luka [2104] From the House of the Dead/ Janacek, Aeneas [2008] – Dido & Aeneas: with Scottish Opera, Garsington Opera, Fulham Opera, Longborough Festival Opera, NWO, Skipton Camerata, Childwickbury Arts Fair & Edinburgh Opera Players.In concert and recital he has appeared at St. George’s - Bristol, St. John’s - Smith’s Square, Adrian Boult Hall - Birmingham, Royal Albert Hall, Corpus Christi College & St. Martin in the Fields. Concert repertoire includes the masses of Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn;The Creation and The Seasons; Elijah and St.Paul; the major choral works of Elgar, Britten’s War Requiem & St. Nicholas; Puccini’s Messe di Gloria & Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. Show less
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As ConductorVarious 1982 - PresentAs a conductor he was musical director for Palace Opera for 12 years: productions included The Marriage of Figaro, Falstaff and Hansel and Gretel, Oedipus Rex at Holland Park, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Bloomsbury Theatre and on national tours, and to regularly positive notice in the national press. In 2015 he conducted Act 2 of Tristan und Isolde in concert with Zoe South, Edward Hughes and Geoffrey Moses. In winter of 2015 he conducted his own arrangement of Wagner's score to Die Fliegende… Show more As a conductor he was musical director for Palace Opera for 12 years: productions included The Marriage of Figaro, Falstaff and Hansel and Gretel, Oedipus Rex at Holland Park, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Bloomsbury Theatre and on national tours, and to regularly positive notice in the national press. In 2015 he conducted Act 2 of Tristan und Isolde in concert with Zoe South, Edward Hughes and Geoffrey Moses. In winter of 2015 he conducted his own arrangement of Wagner's score to Die Fliegende Hollander in two performances with Fulham Opera.In 2001 he was invited by Ricardo Chailly to conduct the Giuseppe Orchestra of Milan, in programmes of music for film. He has also, in his capacity as musical director, conducted most of the major works of the choral repertoire. Show less
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