Jonathan Cooke
Jonathan Cooke is a versatile tenor, equally comfortable on the operatic stage, concert platform, and choral circuit. He graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) in 2015. Whilst studying, Jonathan sang the roles of Ruggero in Puccini’s La Rondine, Tamino The Magic Flute and Le Mari in Poulenc’s surreal one act opera Les Mamelles de Tiresias.
Since moving to London, Jonathan’s operatic roles have been many and varied, though recently he has been focussing on the larger lyric roles, including Don Jose Carmen (Various companies), Rodolfo La Boheme (cover, Mid Wales Opera), Hoffmann The Tales of Hoffmann (Kentish Opera), Pinkerton Madame Butterfly (Opera Up Close), and Cavaradossi Tosca (Various companies) On the concert platform, some of Jonathan’s notable performances have been Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings and St. Nicolas, Rossini Petite Messe Solenelle and Elgar Dream of Gerontius.
Engagements this spring and summer include Dream of Gerontius (Guildford Cathedral & Johanneskirche, Düsseldorf), Rossini Petite Messe Solenelle (St Joseph’s College, Reading), Eisenstein die Fledermaus (Stag Theatre, Seven oaks), Verdi Requiem (St Martin-in-the-Fields & The Anvil, Basingstoke), and Elgar The Kingdom (Shrewsbury Abbey).
For more information, visit www.jonathancooketenor.com
