Biography
Operatic roles include Bob Boles in Peter Grimes, Albert in Britten's Albert Herring, Le Prince Charmant in Massenet's Cendrillon,
Mosquito/Schoolmaster in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen, Dr. Caius in Vaughan Williams' Sir John in Love, Raflafla in Offenbach’s Mesdames des la Halle and Tommy from Stephen McNeff’s Banished. Opera Scenes excerpts include Tanzmeister from Ariadne auf Naxos, Bill in Dove's flight, William Laud in Margaret Catchpole, Egisto in Cavalli's L'Egisto, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, Nemorino in L’elixir d’amore and Ferrando in Cosí fan tutte.
Justin also enjoys singing as an oratorio and concert soloist. His repertoire includes Handel’s Messiah; Haydn’s The Creation and Nelson Mass; Mozart’s Requiem and Vesperae solennes de confessore; Mendelssohn’s Elijah; Vaughan Williams’ On Wenlock Edge; Puccini’s Messa di Gloria; and Bob Chilcott’s Requiem. He looks forward to performing his first Bach St John Passion in the near future.
Lyric tenor Justin Jacobs is quickly establishing himself on the British opera scene. Based in London and Birmingham, he is currently an Opera Prelude Young Artist and has appeared with leading companies across England. In 2025, Justin returned to the British Youth Opera and performed the role of Bob Boles in their production of Peter Grimes. Justin looks forward to covering the role at Opera North in their upcoming season. In the summer of 2024 Justin was part of Garsington Opera's Le nozze di Figaro in the chorus and was part of the Green Theatre recital series. In 2023, Justin was thrilled to be part of the Grange Park Opera chorus for their 2023 season singing in the chorus of Tristan and Isolde and playing the role of Roberti in Tosca. In 2022, Justin made his Opera Holland Park debut playing the role of Dr. Caius with the British Youth Opera in their Production of Sir John in Love.
Justin is currently studying at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (RBC) with Christopher Turner and is grateful to be supported with a scholarship. So far in his studies, he has taken part in many of RBC’s opera productions. In addition, he has performed in the RBC VoxBox recital series, presenting curated repertoire ranging from Baroque composers like Purcell to 20th-century American composers such as Theodore Chanler. He also represented RBC in the prestigious Kathleen Ferrier Bursary Prize in 2021 and won the Norma Procter Song Prize.
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