Anthony Whitworth-Jones

Anthony Whitworth-Jones
Born 1 September 1945
Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, U.K.
Occupation Opera manager
Spouse(s) Camilla Barlow
Parent(s) Henry Whitworth-Jones
Patience Martin
Relatives Erasmus Darwin Barlow (father-in-law)

Anthony Whitworth-Jones (born 1 September 1945) is an opera manager.

Early life

Anthony Whitworth-Jones was born on 1 September 1945 in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, U.K..[1] He is the son of Henry Whitworth-Jones and Patience Martin.

Career

Whitworth-Jones became a chartered accountant.[2]

Whitworth-Jones worked with the Glyndebourne opera during the 1980s and 1990s and served as its General Director for ten years from 1989 until 1998.[2] He was the General Director of the Dallas Opera from 2000 to 2002,[1] and the Garsington Opera from 2005 until 2012.[2] He has served on the board of the English National Opera since 2012.[3]

Personal life

In 1974, he married Camilla (née Barlow); daughter of Erasmus Darwin Barlow (and a great-great-granddaughter of the naturalist Charles Darwin). They have one daughter, Eleanor Gwen Whitworth-Jones (born 1975); he also has two stepchildren (Luke and Amy) from her first marriage to Martin C. Mitcheson.

References

  1. 1 2 "Anthony Whitworth-Jones". Oxford Reference. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Christiansen, Rupert (May 31, 2007). "Where opera soars in harmony with nature". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  3. ↑ "ENO board". English National Opera. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  • ‘WHITWORTH-JONES, Anthony’, Who's Who 2011, A & C Black, 2011; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2010 ; online edn, Oct 2010 accessed 26 May 2011
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