Stuart Jackson

Tenor

“...while Stuart Jackson (Septimius) made Handel’s lines sound as inevitable as breathing, his phrasing exquisite.”

Handel 'Theodora', Barbican

Flora Willson, The Guardian

In the 25/26 season Stuart makes his main stage debut for the Royal Opera, Covent Garden singing First Armed Man Die Zauberflöte, before returning to Opera North to sing Bob Boles Peter Grimes while covering the title role. He also returns to Royal Danish Opera for Arnalta and will appear at the 2026 Garsington Festival.

Highlights

  • Evangelist Bach St Matthew Passion – BBC Proms, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony Orchestra
  • Jupiter Semele – Opéra de Lille, Komische Oper Berlin and Glyndebourne Festival
  • Prologue and Quint The Turn of the Screw – Opéra National de Lorraine, Nancy
  • Britten Serenade with the Britten Sinfonia at the Aldeburgh Festival.
  • Recitals – Schwarzenberg Schubertiade, Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw
  • Frank Martin Golgotha – Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

Biography

Stuart Jackson was a choral scholar at Christ Church, Oxford reading Biological Sciences before studying at the Royal Academy of Music with Ryland Davies. Past opera highlights include Jupiter Semele for Opéra de Lille, Komische Oper Berlin and Glyndebourne Festival…

Stuart Jackson was a choral scholar at Christ Church, Oxford reading Biological Sciences before studying at the Royal Academy of Music with Ryland Davies.

Past opera highlights include Jupiter Semele for Opéra de Lille, Komische Oper Berlin and Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Prologue and Quint The Turn of the Screw at Opéra national de Lorraine, Nancy.

Stuart’s concert repertoire ranges from Bach, through Beethoven and Mozart, to the 20th Century.

Last season he made his Amsterdam Concertgebouw recital debut singing Mahler Das Lied von der Erde, sang Evangelist St Matthew Passion with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and ended the season at the 2025 BBC Proms for Handel’s Alexander’s Feast.

Other concert highlights include Frank Martin’s Golgotha Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Britten War Requiem Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Britten Serenade with the Britten Sinfonia at the Aldeburgh Festival.

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