Awarded an Extraordinary Prize at the Tenor Viñas 2023, Jolyon Loy read French and Italian at Magdalen College, Oxford, furthering his studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Royal Academy of Music, and, as a Glyndebourne New Generation Artist, at London’s National Opera Studio, graduating in 2021. He is a Britten Pears Artist, Winner of the Bayreuth Scholarship at the 2019 Wagner Society Singing Competition and an alumnus of the Verbier Festival’s Atelier Lyrique. Jolyon Loy made his debut with The Royal Opera as Tarquinius The Rape of Lucretia, a
co-production with Britten Pears Arts, directed by Oliver Mears and conducted by Corinna Niemeyer, with performances at Snape Maltings Concert Hall and Linbury Theatre, and at Buxton International Festival as Zoroastro Orlando with Liberata Collective & Ensemble Hesperi. He also took part in the 2023 Internationale Opernwerkstatt – Festival der jungen Stimmen.

His recordings include Apollo in John Eccle’s Semele with Academy of Ancient Music, available on AAM CD and nominated for a Gramophone Award. Engagements during 2024 / 2025 further include Schaunard La bohème for The Royal Opera, London, Marullo Rigoletto for Tiroler Festspiele Erl and Paolo Simon Boccanegra for Grange Park Opera.

Previously for ENO: Akhnaten