Rebecca Afonwy Jones

Mezzo Soprano

About

This season, Rebecca Afonwy-Jones made her debut with The Royal Ballet and Opera as Susie A Quiet Place, directed by Oliver Mears and conducted by Nicholas Chalmers. With the Royal Choral Society, she sang Dvorak’s Stabat Mater at Canterbury & Southwark Cathedrals and Handel’s Messiah, for Good Friday at The Royal Albert Hall, whilst with Ensemble Cymru, she will sing a programme including works by Rebecca Clarke, Frank Bridge and Brahms’ Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano.

With BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales conducted by Gareth Malone she recorded Messiah for transmission on BBC One and Two at Easter 2025. Further concerts include Verdi Requiem with The Waynflete Singers and The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra at Winchester Cathedral, Elgar Dream of Gerontius at Clifton Cathedral, Messiah at The Royal Festival Hall with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Waltraute Die Walkure in a live podcast recording at the Royal Albert Hall for The Rest is History. Rebecca looks forward to returning to JAM on The Marsh Festival and Presteigne Festival this summer, the details of which will be posted soon…

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“A portrayal that was … richly characterised as well as rich-sounding. Her transformation into the Witch was as strong a contrast as could be…”

Mother/Witch Hansel & Gretel for Mid Wales Opera

Rian Evans, Opera Magazine May 2023

Upcoming Performances

April 18 The Royal Albert Hall Handel Messiah on Good Friday 14:30 SW7 2AP conducted by Richard Cooke with The Royal Choral Society

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April 20 Rebecca will be a featured artist in two documentary programmes that are being produced to trace Gareth Malone’s journey of discovery about the meaning of the Messiah and the story of Handel and his music and influences. The programmes will be broadcast over the Easter weekend of 2025 on the BBC, with the full performance airing on Easter Sunday.

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April 26 Exeter Cathedral Opera Gala EX1 1HS

May 17 Clifton Cathedral, Bristol Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
Nailsea Choral Society Centenary Celebrations together with Bristol Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Tom Williams

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