Photo credit: Attila Nagy, Müpa Budapest
Jonathan Hanley is a British tenor working as a soloist and ensemble singer with a particular interest in Baroque vocal music. Upcoming highlights include Mendelssohn ‘Lobgesang’ with Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s newly formed Constellation Choir; Bach B Minor Mass with both Gardiner and Vox Luminis and the Freiburg Barockester; St Matthew Passion with the English Concert; and Purcell operas with Vox Luminis. (read on)
“The honey of his timbre, the softness of his inflections, the nuances to lose the soul, the technical surrender of an artist capable of being in pure abandonment to music…”
Saint-Michel-en-Thierache, June 2026
“…Hanley's lyric tenor could float over with beautiful tone.”
Song in the City Recital, St Giles, Cripplegate, Feb. 2025
“the pleasures of Jonathan Hanley’s tenor urging shepherds to pay Jesus a visit were easily matched by the delights of Rachel Beckett’s solo flute”
Monteverdi Choir Christmas Oratorio, Dec. 2022
“Jonathan Hanley’s evangelist recitatives told an expressive and nuanced story…”
Bach Christmas Oratorio, York, Dec. 2018