8 Nov 2021

Kiwi opera singer debuts at Glyndebourne

From Upbeat, 12:30 pm on 8 November 2021
Frederick Jones as Tom Rakewell with Nardus Williams as Ann Truelove in The Rake’s Progress. Glyndebourne On Tour

Frederick Jones as Tom Rakewell with Nardus Williams as Ann Truelove in The Rake’s Progress. Glyndebourne On Tour Photo: Sis Burn

 

Tenor Frederick Jones is currently making his principal debut with Glyndebourne Opera in the UK, performing the role of Tom Rakewell, one of the main characters in Igor Stravinsky’s opera The Rake’s Progress

And the critics have been very complimentary. 

“Frederick Jones seemed born to sing Rakewell," writes Bachtrack reviewer Roy Westbrook, "so far did his fine singing and acting make it difficult to recall a more persuasive interpretation.” 

Clarissa Dunn caught up with Frederick Jones on the phone in London.

 

Music details
STRAVINSKY: Always the quarry, from The Rake's Progress - Ian Bostridge (tenor) LSO/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 4596482)

STRAVINSKY: My tale shall be told, from The Rake's Progress - Ian Bostridge (tenor), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), LSO/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 4596482)