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Tenor Lawrence Jones has been described in The Guardian as " a smooth-voiced Tom", referring to his performance as Tom Rakewell in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress (Aldeburgh Festival, U.K.). Mr. Jones has sung with companies such as Sarasota Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Opera North, and Raylynmor Opera. Active in the performance of New Music, Mr. Jones has been featured in the premieres of works such as the American Stage Premiere of Elliott Carter's opera What Next? at Tanglewood. Recent season highlights have included Goro in Madama Butterfly (Lake George Opera), Fenton in Verdi's Falstaff (Opera in the Heights), and Bastien in Mozart's Bastien und Bastienne (Boston Baroque).
On the concert stage Mr. Jones has performed as a soloist with the Albany Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Back Bay Chorale & Orchestra, and he made his Boston Symphony Hall debut in the Sondheim Review with the Boston Pops. Recent concert highlights have included performances of Monteverdi's Vespers with Boston Baroque, tenor soloist in Mozart's Requiem with the Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus, and a New York City recital with pianist Steven Blier and the Five Boroughs Music Festival. This summer Mr. Jones returns to the Tanglewood Music Festival as Brighella in Ariadne auf Naxos, under the baton of James Levine.
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