British tenor, John Findon, has earned high praise for his performances from critics at home and abroad. His 'glamorous tone' (Bachtrack), 'heroic sound' (The Observer), and 'imposing stage presence' (London Unattached) combine to create what Opera Gazet describes as a 'rare type of tenor.'

This 2025-26 season John makes his US, house and role debut at Des Moines Metro Opera as Lennie Small Of Mice and Men; returns to English National Opera as Don Jose Carmen; tours Peter Grimes with Opera North and covers the title role in Deborah Warner’s production of Peter Grimes at the Royal Ballet and Opera. On the concert platform John joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for Tippett’s A Child of Our Time; the London Philharmonic Orchestra for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz’s Requiem.

Recent highlights include his house debuts at Dutch National Opera jumping in as Peter Grimes, Bacchus Ariadne auf Naxos Opéra de Rouen, Narraboth Salome Teatro di San Carlo, and Andrei Mazeppa Grange Park Opera. John’s concert highlights include the London Symphony Orchestra’s concert setting of Strauss’ Salome (Narraboth) cond. Sir Antonio Pappano, Cologne Philharmonic Orchestra for Dream of Gerontius cond. Cristian Măcelaru.

John studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and on the Opera Course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He was a Harewood Artist at English National Opera from 2022 to 2024 and a Jerwood Young Artist at the Glyndebourne Festival in 2017. During these years, he performed roles including Spoletta Tosca, Mime and Loge cover in Das Rheingold, Siegmund cover in The Valkyrie, Borso Rigoletto, Melot Tristan und Isolde, and Giuseppe cover in La traviata, among many others. He was also the recipient of the Leonard Ingrams Award from Garsington Opera in 2022.