Vita

Since the 2025/26 season, New York-born tenor Jonathan Winell has been a member of the ensemble at Hannover State Opera. In the 2026/27 season, he expands his repertoire there with roles including Pinkerton in Puccini’s MADAMA BUTTERFLY. During his first season with the company, he appeared as the Italian Singer in DER ROSENKAVALIER, Adam Smith in HOMO OECONOMICUS, Pang in TURANDOT, Cassio in OTELLO and Don Curzio in LE NOZZE DI FIGARO.

Winell was previously a member of the International Opera Studio at Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin and held ensemble positions at Theater Regensburg and Theater Magdeburg. Over the course of these engagements, he developed a wide-ranging repertoire extending from Mozart’s lyric tenor roles to works by Puccini, Verdi, Strauss and Wagner.

Among the roles that have shaped his career to date are Rodolfo (LA BOHÈME), Ernesto (DON PASQUALE), Tamino (DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE), Cassio (OTELLO), Narraboth (SALOME) and Pang (TURANDOT) at Theater Magdeburg. He has also appeared as Pang at Deutsche Oper am Rhein and at Oper im Steinbruch St. Margarethen. Further engagements include the Steersman (DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER) at Landestheater Detmold, Brighella (ARIADNE AUF NAXOS) and the First Armed Man (DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE) at Staatsoper Unter den Linden, as well as Tamino at Oper Wuppertal.

At the Bregenz Festival, Winell appeared as Un Araldo and Il Re Gonzaga in Franco Faccio’s AMLETO. He made his New York debut at Lincoln Center as Baroncelli in RIENZI. Other notable engagements include Rinuccio in GIANNI SCHICCHI at Theater Regensburg and Pedrillo in DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL at the Savonlinna Opera Festival.

Jonathan Winell has worked with conductors including Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, Sebastian Weigle, Leo Hussain, Wayne Marshall, Christopher Moulds, Eve Queler, John Nelson and John Baril. He has also participated in masterclasses with artists including Jane Klaviter, Bob Morrison and Margaret Singer.

He is a prizewinner of the Leyla Gencer Voice Competition in Istanbul, where he was awarded second prize, and was a semifinalist at the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition in Helsinki. He was also a finalist in the Eastern Region of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.

Jonathan Winell trained at the Hartt School and as an Artist-in-Residence at the Academy of Vocal Arts. He also studied Italian at the Scuola Leonardo da Vinci in Florence and participated in the Florence Voice Seminar and the Bel Canto Institute.

2026-08-31

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