1a) NAME: Jonathan Summers

b) CATEGORY: Opera singer / baritone

c) POSITION: Freelance

2a) PERSONAL DETAILS:
date of birth / place / country

2nd October, 1946; Melbourne; Australia

b) MARITAL STATUS:
date of marriage / name of spouse / number of children

29th March 1969, Melbourne Australia; Lesley; 3 children

3) PREVIOUS OCCUPATIONS:
dates / occupation

1965-1974 Freelance singer/concert artist
1970-1974 Technical operator/recording engineer Australian Broadcasting Commission, Melbourne

4) EDUCATION:
dates / institution / city / teacher

Secondary : Melbourne; Macleod High School
Tertiary : Melbourne; Prahran Technical College (Art School)
1964-1974 Melbourne; Bettine McCaughan, voice teacher
1972-1973 Melbourne;National Theatre Opera School
1974-1980 London; Otakar Kraus, voice teacher

5) PROFESSIONAL DEBUT:
date / opera company / role / opera / cast

Nov 1975; Kent Opera; title role in Verdi's Rigoletto; Congress Theater, Eastbourne, UK;producer: Jonathan Miller;

conductor: Roger Norrington; David Hillman, Meryl Drower, Sarah Walker

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