- Paul Carey Jones
Paul Carey Jones (born
Cardiff ,Wales , 1974) is abaritone opera singer.Education
Jones attended Ysgol Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd (primary school, ages 4-11) and
Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf (secondary school, ages 11-18). He then studiedPhysics at TheQueen's College, Oxford University, where he was awarded a Styring Exhibition in 1993, but "became increasingly aware that the course of the rest of my life was going to diverge from Physics". After completing a PGCE teacher training course at theUniversity of Wales Institute, Cardiff, he then returned to Ysgol Glantaf to teach Physics for two years, before resigning in 1998 to study singing at theRoyal Academy of Music and then theNational Opera Studio inLondon , supported byWelsh National Opera .Early career
His first operatic roles on leaving the National Opera Studio in 2004 were Osmin in
Mozart 's "Zaïde" at theAldeburgh Festival and Escamillo in "Carmen " for Stowe Opera. He has since appeared several times forScottish Opera as well as at the Wexford Festival,Buxton Festival , for Opera East, Bampton Classical Opera, Diva Opera, and Lyric Opera Dublin.Work in Contemporary Music
Jones has given world premiere performances of works by the composers Stephen McNeff (the oratorio "Cities of Dreams" to texts by
Walt Whitman ,William Blake andRudyard Kipling at theBrangwyn Hall in 2007), Peter Wiegold (his short opera based on the movie "Brief Encounter " in 2004), Jonathan Owen Clark (his opera "Hidden States" in Newcastle in 2004), Richard Elfyn Jones (his oratorio "In David's Land" atSt David 's Cathedral in 2006),Jonathan Dove (his opera for television, "Man on the Moon", in 2006) andKeith Burstein (the opera "Manifest Destiny" at theEdinburgh Fringe Festival in 2005).His work in contemporary opera has also included the role of Blazes in
Peter Maxwell Davies ' "The Lighthouse " at the Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte diMontepulciano , Sam inLeonard Bernstein 's "Trouble in Tahiti " for Second Movement, and that of the real-life figuresAndy Warhol in the Italian premiere ofMichael Daugherty 's "Jackie O" at the Teatro Rossini in Lugo and theTeatro Comunale di Bologna , andRichard Nixon inJohn Adams ' "Nixon in China " as cover forEnglish National Opera .Collaboration with Llŷr Williams
As a member of
Yehudi Menuhin 's "Live Music Now!" scheme he gave over 200 concerts, mainly in partnership with the pianistLlŷr Williams , with whom he continues to work; their debut album of classical songs, titled "Enaid - Songs of the Soul", was released in November 2007 bySain .References
* "The Queen's College Newsletter", Autumn/Winter 2004
* "The Western Mail", 7th January 2006
* "Opera News", February 2007
* [http://www.paulcareyjones.com Official Website]
* [http://www.sain.wales.com Sain website]
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