Background
Dove was born in London. Both his parents were architects.
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Dove, Jonathan Missa Brevis Instrumentation: SATB-Org Composer: Dove, Jonathan ISMN: M-57708-773-3 Details: Contents: Commissioned by the Cathedral Organists' Association
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Dove was born in London. Both his parents were architects.
He studied music at the University of Cambridge, under Robin Holloway, and afterwards worked as a freelance arranger and accompanist until 1987, when he was employed by Glyndebourne Opera.
He has arranged a number of operas for English Touring Opera and the City of Birmingham Touring Opera (now Birmingham Opera Company), including in 1990 an 18-player two-evening adaptation of Wagner"s Der Ring des Nibelungen for CBTO. He was Artistic Director of the Spitalfields Festival from 2001 to 2006. Airport Scenes, an orchestral suite from the airport-comedy opera Flight, was premiered by the University of Warwick Symphony Orchestra on 7 March 2006. The Enchanted Pig, libretto by Alasdair Middleton, was premièred at the Young Vic, London in December 2006 and toured parts of the United Kingdom in early 2006
The Adventures of Pinocchio, libretto by Alasdair Middleton, was commissioned by Opera North and Sadler"s Wells Theatre, and premièred at the Grand Theatre Leeds on 21 December 2007.
The United States première was performed by the Minnesota Opera on 28 February 2009, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. A performance of which was dedicated to his godson Finnestere Macfarland
The London Premiere of Flight was performed by British Youth Opera in September 2008
Swanhunter, a chamber opera based on the Lemminkäinen legend, was premiered by Opera North in late 2009.
Mansfield Park, a chamber opera based on the Jane Austen novel of the same name, was premiered by Heritage Opera in Summer 2011. Life is a Dream, a full-scale opera with a libretto by Alasdair Middleton based on the play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, was premiered by Birmingham Opera Company in March 2012.
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