William Alwyn | MISS JULIE (Kristin) Conductor: William Alwyn | Lyrita |
Beethoven | Choral Symphony Conductor: Wyn Morris | Pickwick |
Beethoven | Choral Symphony Conductor: Charles Mackerras | EMI Classics |
Bellini | LA SONNAMBULA (Teresa) Conductor: Richard Bonynge | Decca |
Bernstein | CANDIDE (Paquette) Conductor: Leonard Bernstein | DGG |
Bliss | PASTORAL Conductor: Richard Hickox | Chandos CHAN 8886 |
Boito | MEFISTOFELE (Pantalis) Conductor: Olivero di Fabritiis | Decca |
Britten | ALBERT HERRING (Mrs. Herring) Conductor: Steuart Bedford | Collins |
Britten | A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Hermia) Conductor: Richard Hickox | Virgin |
Britten | GLORIANA (Lady Essex) Conductor: Charles Mackerras | Decca |
De Falla | THREE-CORNERED HAT Conductor: Gerard Schwarz | Delos |
Donizetti | L’ASSEDIO DI CALAIS (Aurelio) Conductor: David Parry | Opera Rara OR9 |
Donizetti | GABRIELLA DI VERGY Scenes (Raoul) | Opera Rara OR3 |
Donizetti | MARIA PADILLA (Inez) Conductor: Alun Francis | Opera Rara OR6 |
Donizetti | UGO, CONTE DI PARIGI (Luigi) Conductor: Alun Francis | Opera Rara OR1 |
Elgar | SEA PICTURES Decca Floyd SUSANNAH (Mrs. Gleaton) Conductor: Kent Nagano | Virgin |
Goldschmidt | BEATRICE CENCI (Lucrezia) Conductor: Lothar Zagrosek | Sony |
Handel | AGRIPPINA (title-role) Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner | Philips |
Handel | ALCINA (Ruggiero) Conductor: Richard Hickox | EMI |
Handel | GIULIO CESARE (Sesto) Conductor: Charles Mackerras | EMI |
Handel | MESSIAH Conductor: Richard Hickox | Chandos CHAN 0522 |
Handel | SEMELE (Juno) Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner | Erato |
Handel | SOLOMON (Second Harlot) Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner | Philips |
Handel | TESEO (Medea) Conductor: Marc Minkowsky | Erato |
Haydn | L’INCONTRO IMPROVVISO (Dardane) Conductor: Antal Dorati | Philips |
Haydn | IL RITORNO DI TOBIA (Anna) Conductor: Antal Dorati | Decca |
Hindemith | SANCTA SUSANNA | Chandos |
Holst | THE CLOUD MESSENGER Conductor: Richard Hickox | Chandos CHAN 8901 |
Howells | MISSA SABRINENSIS Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky | Chandos CHAN 9348 |
Korngold | DIE KATHRIN (Monique) Conductor: Martyn Brabbins | BMG |
Lambert | RIO GRANDE Conductor: Barry Wordsworth | Decca |
Martin | IN TERRA PAX Conductor: Matthias Bamert | Chandos CHAN 9465 |
Maxwell Davies | BLACK PENTECOST RESURRECTION STONE LITANY Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies | Collins |
Meyerbeer | IL CROCIATO IN EGITTO (Felicia) Conductor: David Parry | Opera Rara OR10 |
Meyerbeer | DINORAH (Goatherd) Conductor: James Judd | Opera Rara OR5 |
Meyerbeer | LES HUGUENOTS (Urbain) Conductor: Henri Gallois | INA |
Monteverdi | L’INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA (Nero) Conductor: Richard Hickox | Virgin |
Mozart | LA CLEMENZA DI TITO (Vitellia) Conductor: Christopher Hogwood | Decca |
Mozart | DON GIOVANNI (Donna Elvira) Conductor: Arnold Ostman | Decca |
Mozart | LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (Marcellina) Conductor: Arnold Ostman | Decca |
Mozart | REQUIEM IN D minor Conductor: Franz Welser-Most | EMI/Classics for Pleasure |
Parry | LOTOS EATERS SOUL’S RANSOME Conductor: Matthias Bamert | Chandos CHAN 8990 |
Puccini | SUOR ANGELICA (Novice) Conductor: Lorin Maazel | CBS |
Puccini | SUOR ANGELICA (Suor Dolcina) Conductor: Richard Bonynge | Decca |
Purcell | DIDO AND AENEAS (Dido) Conductor: Ivor Bolton | ASV |
Purcell | DIDO AND AENEAS (Second Witch) Conductor: Raymond Leppard | Philips |
Rossini | IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Rosina) Conductor: Gabriele Bellini | Chandos CHAN 7023 |
Rossini | GUGLIELMO TELL (Jemmy) Conductor: Riccardo Chailly | Decca |
Rossini | RICCIARDO E ZORAIDE (Zomira) Conductor: David Parry | Opera Rara |
Rossini | IL SIGNOR BRUSCHINO (Marianna) Conductor: Robert Dunand | |
Rossini | STABAT MATER Conductor: Richard Hickox | Virgin |
Rossini | ARIAS – Recital Conductor: Richard Hickox | Chandos CHAN 8865 |
Rubbra | Symphony No. 9 (Sinfonia Sacra) Conductor: Richard Hickox | Chandos CHAN 9441 |
Stravinsky | THE RAKE’S PROGRESS (Baba the Turk) Live – La Fenice 1986 | Mondo Musica FOH 10241 |
Thwaites | Ride! Ride! | |
Vaughan Williams | SERENADE TO MUSIC Conductor: Roger Norrington | Decca |
Verdi | LA TRAVIATA (Flora) Conductor: Richard Bonynge | Decca |
Verdi | LA TRAVIATA (Flora) Conductor: Charles Mackerras | EMI |
Walton | THE BEAR (Popova) Conductor: Richard Hickox | Chandos CHAN 9245 |
Waxman | THE SONG OF TEREZIN Conductor: Lawrence Foster | Decca |
Weill | STREET SCENE (Nursemaid) Conductor: John Mauceri | Decca |
Zeisl | REQUIEM EBRAICO Conductor: Lawrence Foster | Decca |
Della Jones, one of Great Britain’s leading mezzo-sopranos, was born in Neath and studied at the Royal College of Music where she won many prizes including the Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Scholarship.
Della Jones has appeared with the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, English National Opera, English Music Theatre, Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera, Opera North and the English Bach Festival and foreign engagements have included performances in the U.S.A., Canada, Russia, Japan and throughout Europe in more than 120 roles. Her repertoire includes title-roles ARIODANTE, LA CENERENTOLA and CARMEN, Rosina IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Messenger ORFEO, Adalgisa NORMA, Dido LES TROYENS, Donna Elvira DON GIOVANNI, Herodias SALOME, Brangäne TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, Jocasta OEDIPUS REX, Baba the Turk THE RAKE’S PROGRESS, Hermia A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, Dido and Sorceress DIDO AND AENEAS, Marcellina LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, La Folie and Thalie PLATÉE, Juno SEMELE, Aunt Hermance in the world premiere of Gavin Bryars’ DR. OX’S EXPERIMENT, Hostess BORIS GODUNOV, Fidalma IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO, Mrs Grose THE TURN OF THE SCREW, Auntie and Mrs Sedley PETER GRIMES and Marthe FAUST.
Della Jones’ concert appearances include engagements with BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Cleveland Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Paris, Les Musiciens du Louvre in repertoire including Britten’s PHAEDRA, Hindemith SANCTA SUSANNA, Benedict Mason’s CHAPLIN OPERAS, SONGS OF THE AUVERGNE, Frank Martin’s LE VIN HERBÉ, John Metcalfe’s MUSEUM OF THE AIR, Mendelssohn A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. She sang at the Inauguration of the Welsh Assembly, made an acclaimed appearance at the Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in 1993, took part in the Gala Concerts as part of the “Hand-over” Ceremony in Hong Kong 1997 and in the Bernard Haitink Farewell Performances at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 2002
Della Jones broadcasts regularly on radio and television both in this country and abroad and has recorded over 80 roles for all the major record companies, including L’INCONTRO IMPROVVISO and IL RITORNO DI TOBIAS with Antal Dorati, ALCINA, L’INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, MESSIAH, and STABAT MATER with Richard Hickox, DIDO AND AENEAS with Ivor Bolton, Donna Elvira DON GIOVANNI with Arnold Ostman, TESEO with Marc Minkowski, Vitellia LA CLEMENZA DI TITO with Christopher Hogwood, Rosina IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, SEA PICTURES with Charles Mackerras, Rossini, French and Spanish Song Recitals, Peter Maxwell Davies’s BLACK PENTECOST, THE STONE LITANY and RESURRECTION conducted by the composer and Monique DIE KATHRIN conducted by Martyn Brabbins.