Jonathan Eyers is a baritone from the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, based in London, UK.
Recent operatic experience includes Fiorello Il barbiere di Siviglia (Glyndebourne), Masetto Don Giovanni (Waterperry), Pirate King The Pirates of Penzance (Tarantara UK Tour), Captain Corcoran (cover) HMS Pinafore (English National Opera), Papageno Die Zauberflöte (Nevill Holt Festival), Figaro Il barbiere di Siviglia (Charles Court Opera), Perückenmacher and Harlekin (cover) Ariadne auf Naxos (Garsington Opera), Don Lopes L’isola d’Alcina and Bonafede Il mondo della luna (Bampton Classical Opera), Owen Hart Dead Man Walking, Ben The Telephone, Tancredi Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, Simon in Judith Weir’s Miss Fortune, Der Zar in Weill’s Der Zar lässt sich photographieren, Pierrot in Smyth’s Fête Galante (Guildhall School of Music and Drama), Crook Candide (London Symphony Orchestra/Barbican), Schaunard La boheme (Berlin Italian Opera), and Billy in Ross Harris’ Brass Poppies (NZ Opera).
Jonathan was a finalist and prizewinner at the 2025 Cesti Competition, and was awarded Third Prize at the 2024 Wigmore Hall/Bollinger International Song Competition. He is an Oxford Song Young Artist, a City Music Foundation Artist, a Britten-Pears Young Artist, and a founding member of Whānau Voices. He has performed at the Oxford International Song, London Song, Aldeburgh, Glasperlenspiel, and Edinburgh International Festivals. Passionate about contemporary music, Jonathan has recently performed Eight Songs for a Mad King with MadSong Ensemble, premiered new song works by Emily Hazrati, Nathan Williamson, and Luka Venter, and recorded The Cloud, a new work for baritone and string quartet by Daniel Davis, at Wigmore Hall.
Jonathan trained as a Young Artist on the Global Talent Programme at the National Opera Studio. He completed the Opera Studies Course at Guildhall School of Music and Drama and holds a Master of Performance with Distinction from Guildhall and a Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours at the University of Waikato.