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, formerly Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama) in 2015 with a Master of Music degree, having performed extensively in Glasgow and around Scotland with Scottish Opera and many of the country’s leading choral societies.

Principal roles whilst studying include Ruggero in Puccini's La Rondine (RCS), Tamino in the Young Opera Venture's touring production of The Magic Flute and Le Mari in Poulenc's surreal one-act opera Les Mamelles de Tiresias (RCS).

Since moving to London, Jonathan has been in demand as a choral singer, singing with the BBC Singers, various chapels royal, and as a freelance session musician. His operatic roles have been many and varied, though recently he has been focussing on the larger lyric roles, including Rodolfo La Boheme(cover, Mid Wales Opera), Don Jose Carmen (Baseless Fabric Theatre), Hoffmann The Tales of Hoffmann (Kentish Opera), Pinkerton Madame Butterfly (Opera Up Close), and Cavaradossi Tosca (Various companies)

Concert highlights include Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings and St. Nicolas, Elgar The Kingdom, Verdi Requiem, Rossini Petite Messe Solenelle and Handel Messiah.

Jonathan has enjoyed a life-longstanding association with the St Endellion Music Festival. Whilst growing up he sang in the chorus, making his way down through the voice parts! He now enjoys cameo appearances in many of the Festival's concerts and operas, whilst assisting behind the scenes for most of the other concerts.

 In addition to his performing career, Jonathan also teaches and coaches singing, with former students achieving Grade 8 and entrance to music colleges. He is especially interested in the coaching English for singers, and during lockdown he completed a TEFL course to support this part of his coaching.