Emyr Wyn Jones was luxury casting ...his velvety bass-baritone positively purring from the stage
— Bachtrack


Professionally he has performed for Opera North, Scottish Opera, Grange Park Opera,
Longborough Festival Opera, and Mid Wales Opera. Roles have included Figaro The Marriage of Figaro, Leporello Don Giovanni, Colline La Bohème, Masetto Don Giovanni, Papageno The Magic Flute, and Sacristan Tosca. While Training he performed the title role in Verdi’s Falstaff, directed by Martin Constantine and conducted by Maestro Carlo Rizzi. He has also enjoyed invitational performances at the St Endellion Festival performing Mr Flint Billy Budd, Schelkalov/Boyar Khruschov Boris Godunov, and Henry Cuffe Gloriana.

Popular in concert and recital, highlights have included the Commemoration of the Somme concert; Hallé Orchestra conducted by Sir Mark Elder, recitals at London’s St Martin in the Fields, appearances on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, and S4C television, televised performances from Moscow across Russia as part of the UK Russia Year of Music 2019, and the special invitation from Sir Bryn Terfel to perform Non Più Andrai in a televised celebration of his career, Bywyd Trwy Gân [Life Through Song] for S4C.

Born and raised in Aberdare in the South Wales Valleys, Welsh Bass Baritone Emyr Wyn Jones is an alumnus of the
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and the National Opera Studio.

Emyr Wyn Jones is managed by Patrick Allen,
Director at Connaught Artists.

In 2023 he performed and covered the role of Basilio The Barber of Seville (Scottish Opera), having performed Dulcamara L’Elisir D’Amore (Longborough Festival Opera), Lorek Fedora, Bertrand Iolanta, and White Knight Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (IF Opera), and covered the role of Aye Akhnaten (English National Opera).

In 2024/25 he makes his role debut as Banco Macbeth for Mid Wales Opera, a concert performance of Verdi’s I Due Foscari for Chelsea Opera Group singing the role of Jacopo Loredano, Messenger Oedipus Rex with Scottish Opera, before a return to Opera North
where he will make his role debut as Papageno in Mozart’s The Magic Flute.