Anthony Whitworth-Jones

Who is Anthony Whitworth-Jones?

Anthony Whitworth-Jones was the General Director of the Garsington Opera from 2005 until 2012. He also worked with the Glyndebourne opera during the 1980s and 1990s and was General Director for ten years from 1989 until 1998. During his tenure with each company a new opera house was built, at Glyndebourne designed by architect Michael Hopkins and at Garsington by architect Robin Snell who had worked on the Glyndebourne project earlier. Both projects won eight architectural awards, including the RIBA Award.

He is the son of Henry Whitworth-Jones and Patience Martin. In 1974, he married Camilla; daughter of Erasmus Darwin Barlow. They have one daughter, Eleanor Gwen Whitworth-Jones; he also has two stepchildren from her first marriage to Martin C. Mitcheson.