Background
Her father, Robert Finlay Glover Master of Arts Territorial Decoration, was headmaster of Monmouth School and it was through this connection that she was able to meet Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears aged only 16.
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Her father, Robert Finlay Glover Master of Arts Territorial Decoration, was headmaster of Monmouth School and it was through this connection that she was able to meet Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears aged only 16.
Glover attended Haberdashers" Monmouth School for Girls. She read Music at Street Hugh"s College, Oxford, and went on to complete a Doctor of Philosophy on 17th-century Venetian Opera.
She later described the meeting: "I was beside myself with the prospect of hearing them perform. On the afternoon of the concert, the doorbell rang at the headmaster"s house, and I went to answer lieutenant There on the step, looking for all the world as they did on one of my record sleeves, distinguished, elegant and with the kindliest of eyes, were Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten my hero." She has published a 1978 biography of Francesco Cavalli, and included material derived from her doctoral thesis.
In 1990, after a sizeable donation, the Glover Music School was opened at Monmouth School for Boys by Jane Glover, in memory of her father.
Glover first conducted at Oxford, as a student, in a production of Athalia. She made her professional debut at the Wexford Festival in 1975 with the first modern performance of Eritrea and joined Glyndebourne in 1979.
She was music director of Glyndebourne Touring Opera from 1981 to 1985. She has been both principal conductor and principal guest conductor of the Huddersfield Choral Society and continues to work with the choir on a semi-regular basis.
She conducted the world premiere of Il Giardino by Stephen Oliver at the Batignano Festival in 1977.
During the 1980s, Glover regularly broadcast on British Broadcasting Corporation Television including hosting the television series Orchestra with Jane Glover in 1983 and Mozart – His Life with Music in 1985. Glover was the Music Director of the London Mozart Players from 1984 to 1991. Since 2002, she has been Music Director of the Chicago ensemble Music of the Baroque.
She holds a number of honorary degrees from several universities, is a Fellow of the Royal College of Music and has been the artistic director of opera at the Royal Academy of Music since 2009.
On 18 March 2011, she conducted the world premiere of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies"s opera Kommilitonen! at the Academy. She was created Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2003 New Year"s Honours.
In September 2005, Macmillan published Glover"s book She has conducted opera at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, English National Opera, Glyndebourne, Berlin Staatsoper, Royal Danish Opera, Opéra National du Rhin, Opéra National de Bordeaux, Glimmerglass Opera, New York City Opera, and Teatro Louisiana Fenice. In December 2013, she became the third woman ever to conduct at the Metropolitan Opera of New York, leading Mozart"s The Magic Flute in the production of Julie Taymor.
The New York Times wrote, "..Ms.
Glover"s appearance, and the magisterial performance and nuance she drew from the orchestra, were the news here." She has been a regular collaborator with choreographer Mark Morris. Jane Glover interview by Bruce Duffie.
Oxford University Faculty of Music since 1979. British Broadcasting Corporation Central Music Advisory Committee 1981-1985, Music Advisory Committee Arts Council 1986-1988.