ABOUT
Kiefer David Jones is a baritone from North Wales who studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama with international baritone and opera director, Donald Maxwell.
Kiefer studied Music at Bangor University as an undergraduate
(first-class degree with honours) where he specialised in performance
(solo and ensemble), composition, music analysis and teaching techniques.
At RWCMD Kiefer gained a distinction in his postgraduate-diploma in Vocal Studies.
Whilst in training Kiefer was selected as one of the eight singers to attend the
prestigious Glyndebourne Academy for talented young singers.
Roles performed include:
Mephistopheles, Faust (Gounod), Guildford Opera Company, November 2023
Alexander Heimer, The Bridge (Ed Wright), World-premiere, April 2023
Title Role, Sweeney Todd (Sondheim), Ballyhoo Theatre Company, North Wales, Oct 2022
Father, Hansel & Gretel (Humperdinck), VIVA Opera UK, March 2021
Uberto, La Serva Padrona (Pergolesi), Pocket Opera, 2020
Aeneas, Dido & Aeneas (Purcell), Mid Wales Opera
Malatesta, Don Pasquale, (Donizetti) Opra Cymru
Title Role, Don Giovanni, (Mozart) Opra Cymru
Sweeney Todd (Title Role) Ballyhoo Theatre Company, 2022
"The arrival of Mephistopheles (Kiefer Jones) broke the tension and his command of the stage and superb delivery of his songs created an excellent contrast" - Kay Rowan (NODA) Faust, Guildford Opera Company, 2023
"Kiefer Jones is in the lead role as the man who is suffering with dementia. Kiefer is a talented, young singer who completely created the impression of pain in the part" - Elin Walker Jones (Goriad) The Bridge/Y Bont, 2023