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John Findon

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  • 16 May 2023

    Askonas Holt welcomes tenor John Findon

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  • Janáček Jenůfa

    English National Opera, London Coliseum
    Mar 2024 - Mar 2024

    • The voice of John Findon, great Wagner tenor in the making, rings out in the vast space.

    • John Findon had a whale of a time as bad-boy Števa, entitled and irredeemably self-regarding, Findon's rather over-the-top antics fitted admirably into Alden's distorted world, whilst Findon's singing in Act One rightly held focus, this Števa knew how to be liked. In Act Two, Findon gave us a sight of the weak man underneath, unable to deal with Jenůfa's pregnancy, and unable to deal with the Kostelnička's fierceness.

    • John Findon as Števa asserts his immensely powerful tenor to brilliant effect, as he immerses himself in playing the brash popular guy who is actually such a coward that he will attempt to deflect criticism by blaming others for how they have treated him.

    • Števa, was sung by John Findon with a swagger in the voice and a thrust in his step. Findon’s easy tenor and sleazy manner was an ideal contrast to Smagur’s awkward outcast.

    • Števa is brutishly sung by tenor John Findon, who can turn on romantic charm like a tap

  • Britten Peter Grimes

    English National Opera
    Sep 2023 - Oct 2023

    • The role of Peter Grimes fell to British tenor, John Findon...plunging himself wholeheartedly into this lonesome and anguished character in a telling and surefooted performance... Go there!’ (act 2, scene 2) is a lovely and inviting aria and thoughtfully sung with intensity and feeling by Findon. He looked the part of Grimes through and through and was suspiciously alert to all the hypocrites and gossips of the Borough he shuns.

    • With a strong supporting cast of Simon Bailey’s reassuring presence as Balstrode, John Findon as an Bob Boles the Methodist, and Anne-Marie Owens as Mrs Sedley, this led to a terrific performance.

  • Smetana The Bartered Bride

    Garsington Opera
    Jun 2023 - Jul 2023

    • As the naïve, hapless and socially inept younger brother Vašek, he was in fine voice and brought his talent for nuanced characterisation to the production.

    • John Findon’s portrayal was both ridiculous and touching as appropriate, his tenor suitably self-pitying to distance it from that of Jeník.