Jonathan Stoughton
Jonathan Stoughton was born in London. He read French at University College London and was a lay-clerk at both Magdalen College and New College, Oxford. He studied at the Benjamin Britten International Opera School at the Royal College of Music, supported by a Jennifer and Robert Diamond Award, before completing his studies at the National Opera Studio.
Jonathan Stoughton has taken part in master classes with John Fisher (Welsh National Opera), Kathryn Harries (National Opera Studio), Philip Langridge (British Youth Opera) and Ann Murray (Young Singers Welfare Association).
Jonathan Stoughton’s roles at the National Opera Studio included the title roles in Idomeneo, Werther, and Peter Grimes as well as Max Der Freischütz, Don José Carmen, and Pollione Norma.
Jonathan Stoughton made his début with Glyndebourne on Tour in the role of Steva Jenůfa. He has also performed Tom Rakewell The Rake’s Progress, Don José Carmen, Pinkerton Madama Butterfly, Tamino Die Zauberflöte, Lensky Eugene Onegin, Florestan Fidelio, The Big Prisoner From the House of the Dead and Pizzaro Leonora (Paer). He has covered major roles for English National Opera, Opera North, and Welsh National Opera.
As an oratorio and concert soloist Jonathan Stoughton has performed in London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, Sadler's Wells Theatre, and St John’s Smith Square, Birmingham’s Symphony Hall and at both the Athens and Tokyo Festivals. Works sung have included Beethoven Ninth Symphony, Puccini Messa di Gloria, Dvorak Stabat Mater and Handel Messiah.
Jonathan Stoughton recently made his début with English National Opera as Vitellozzo in Lucrezia Borgia, and appeared as Cassio Otello with Dorset Opera. He also sang a series of gala concerts in major venues around the UK and worked with David Syrus on Siegfried Götterdämmerung for a performance with the Wagner Society.
Jonathan Stoughton’s future engagements include the role of Radames Aida in a new production to be performed in the round at the Royal Albert Hall.
November 2011
