Photo credit: Attila Nagy, Müpa Budapest
“extremely clear, energetic tenor excellence”
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)
“…in the Easter Oratorio, the gentle wave-like playing of the flutes transformed the tenor’s grief over death into cashmere-soft consolation.”
Wiener Konzerthaus, April 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