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Reviews

"Jon is rapidly approaching international celebrity status both on the stage and in the recording studio" - North East Evening Chroniclenbsp; 

"were rewarded with a sound-world drenched in Italian sunshine, as … Jon Grave (tenor) regaled us with highlights from the bel canto operatic and song repertoire… Jon Grave ended by delighting the audience with his encore, Benjamin Britten’s ‘The Ploughboy’." - Whitley Bay News Guardian

"one impressive tenor (and the only male in our final) Jon Grave" Classic FM (2007)

"Impressive tenor… Jon Grave must have something special in his beautiful voice" Classic FM (2007)

"Jon's performances of Recondita Armonia, from Puccini's Tosca; Una furtiva lagrima from Donizetti's Opera L'elisir d'amore; and the Flower Song from Carmen impressed all who heard them." - Sunday Sun (2007) 

"Jon is rapidly approaching international celebrity status both on the stage and in the recording studio" - North East Evening Chronicle (2009)

"A comical touch was added by the messenger - Northern Echo" (2009 Northern Sinfonia – Theodora) 

"Jon Grave had excellent diction and a good singing voice, and portrayed his love for Laetitia most eloquently in the role of Aesculapius Carboy." - National operatic and Dramatic Association (The Zoo, Camberley 2010)

"Her would be beau Ralph Rackstraw was played admirably by Jon Grave who displayed his vocal ability once again..". - National operatic and Dramatic Association (HMS Pinafore, Camberley 2010) 

"superbly sung throughout… fine tenors in the shape of Jon Grave (Eisenstein) and … suitably cast in the roles of Rosalinde's husband…" - Surrey Mirror (Die Fledermaus, Oxted 2010) 

"were rewarded with a sound-world drenched in Italian sunshine, as … Jon Grave (tenor) regaled us with highlights from the bel canto operatic and song repertoire… Jon Grave ended by delighting the audience with his encore, Benjamin Britten’s ‘The Ploughboy’". -Whitley Bay News Guardian (Recital 2009)

Jon Grave (Colonel Fairfax) what a good looking and very dashing Fairfax this production had, good stage presence, excellent singing voice, and a tongue in cheek approach to the ladies. Every costume he wore, he looked good in..." - National operatic and Dramatic Association (Yeomen, Oxted 2009)

"With the dulcet tenor tones of Jon Grave giving our hero, Colonel Fairfax, a true British stiff upper lip" - This is Surrey Today (Yeomen, Oxted 2009)

"…opera is all about music and singing and in both these areas the production is powerful. Without exception, the principal voices are superb…" - Cornishman (Merry Wives of Windsor, Minack 2008)

"Principals… captured every nuance of the elegance and joyfulness of the work." Surrey Mirror (Merry Wives of Windsor, Redhill 2008)