Bass-baritone Jonathan Woody (Brooklyn, NY) is a versatile performer and composer active across North America, noted as “richly and compellingly embodied” by the Washington Post. An early-music specialist, Jonathan has appeared with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Apollo’s Fire, New York Baroque Incorporated, and the Washington Bach Consort. Also a committed ensemble musician, Jonathan frequently joins Seraphic Fire and the Choir of Trinity Church, both GRAMMY®-nominated ensembles, along with Kaleidoscope Vocal Ensemble, Les Délices, the New Consort, Conspirare, and TENET Vocal Artists.
Recent highlights include the premiere of Morgiane (1887) with Opera Lafayette, a previously lost work by Edmond Dédé; performances of Dido’s Ghost by Errollyn Wallen with Emmanuel Music and Euridice by Jacopo Peri with Haymarket Opera and the Newberry Consort. Recording credits include ACRONYM’s Cantica Obsoleta (Olde Focus Recordings), Boston Early Music Festival’s Idylle sur la Paix/La Fête de Rueil by Lully/Charpentier and Circé by H. Demarest (CPO), New York Polyphony’s Roma Æterna (BIS Records), and the Choir of Trinity Church’s Israel in Egypt and Missa Gentis Humanae (Musica Omnia).
Jonathan holds degrees from McGill University and the University of Maryland, College Park and is represented by Athlone Artists.
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