Jonathan Eyers is a baritone from the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, based in London, UK.

Operatic experience includes Papageno Die Zauberflöte, Fiorello Il barbiere di Siviglia, Perückenmacher and Harlekin (cover) Ariadne auf Naxos (Garsington Opera), Ernie (cover) It’s a Wonderful Life (English National 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), Derek Stevens in Matt Geer’s Sane and Sound (Grimeborn Festival), Schaunard La boheme (Berlin Italian Opera), and Billy in Ross Harris’ Brass Poppies (NZ Opera). In 2023 Jonathan was an Alvarez Young Artist at Garsington Opera. Roles performed in opera scenes include Theseus, Patroclus, Ulisse, Belcore, Eisenstein, Hamlet, Il Conte, Malatesta, and Pelléas.

Jonathan 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. Recent song performance highlights include recitals at St Martin-in-the-fields and the Armourers’ Hall, the Oxford International Song Festival, the London Song Festival, and recording Detlev Glanert’s Gesang des Achill for BBC Radio3. Passionate about contemporary music, this year Jonathan premiered new song works by Daniel Davis, Emily Hazrati, Nathan Williamson, and Luka Venter. 

Jonathan trained as a Young Artist on the Global Talent Programme at the National Opera Studio, generously supported by The Elizabeth Barnard Memorial Bursary. He completed the Opera Studies Course at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, studying with Robert Dean and holds a Master of Performance with Distinction from Guildhall and a Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours at the University of Waikato.

Jonathan is very grateful for previous support from Help Musicians, Tait Memorial Trust, Kiwi Music Trust, New Zealand Opera Trust, Hunn Educational Trust, and the Dame Malvina Major Foundation.