Jonathan Pugsley (Baritone), born in 1978, was brought up in Dorset where he began his musical education. He has recently completed his post graduate studies at the Royal Northern College of Music having completed his undergraduate study there with Patrick McGuigan.

Since beginning his studies at the RNCM, Jonathan has taken the role of the Major Domo in Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades. Jonathan has also performed the roles Count Tomsky in the Queen of Spades and the title role in Verdi’s Falstaff for the RNCM Education workshop series, around Manchester and the South East. He recently performed the role of Nick Shadow in the RNCM’s 2004 production of Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress.

Outside of College Jonathan has performed the role of Achillas in Handel’s Julius Caesar for the Yorke Trust in Norfolk and the role of the Page in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors with the Northern Sinfonia conducted by Richard Hickox. He premiered the role of Sottile and Tartato in Detlev Glanert’s opera Enigma in the 28^th Cantiere, Montepulcciano as well as Lucciano Chailly’s monologue Il libro dei reclami. He has also sung the role of Zaccaria in Verdi’s Nabucco with Preston Opera.

Jonathan appears regularly throughout the UK as an oratorio soloist and recitalist. He has recently performed Schumann’s Dichterliebe, Strauss’ Kraemerspiegel and Vaughan Williams’ Songs of Travel. He also won the opportunity to sing Mahler’s Rückert Lieder with the RNCM’s Repertoire Orchestra. Oratorio performances have included Handel’s Messiah and Samson Haydn’s Creation and Seasons, Bach’s B Minor Mass and Christmas Oratorio and Requiems by Mozart, Duruflé and Brahms as well as Mendelssohn’s St. Paul.