Jonathan Lemalu is a New Zealand-born Samoan who holds a Bachelor of Laws (Otago University) and an Artists Diploma from the Royal College of Music where he won the Tagore Gold Medal.

Jonathan has sung at the Royal Opera House, Glyndebourne, English National Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Theater an der Wien, Oper Frankfurt, Metropolitan Opera, Chicago Lyric, San Francisco Opera, as well as the Salzburg, Baden-Baden, and Edinburgh Festivals with conductors including Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Antonio Pappano, Sir Colin Davis, Zubin Mehta, Valery Gergiev, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Vladimir Jurowski, Sir Roger Norrington, Ivor Bolton, Charles Dutoit, Alexander Joel, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Edward Gardner, and Patrick Summers. Roles include Osmin Il Seraglio, Rocco Fidelio, Leporello Don Giovanni, Sarastro Die Zauberflöte, Nick Shadow The Rake’s Progress, Hunding Die Walküre, Bottom A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Collatinus The Rape of Lucretia, Colline La Bohème, Dulcamara L’Elisir d’Amore, Queequeg Moby Dick, Weit Pogner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, and Nourabad Les pêcheurs de perles.

Last updated: 11th April 2026