Anthony Whitworth-Jones

Anthony Whitworth-Jones (born 1 September 1945) is an opera manager.

Early life Anthony Whitworth-Jones was born on 1 September 1945 in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, U.K. He is the son of Henry Whitworth-Jones and Patience Martin.

Career Whitworth-Jones became a chartered accountant.

Whitworth-Jones worked with the Glyndebourne opera during the 1980s and 1990s and served as its General Director for ten years from 1989 until 1998, during which time the new opera house was built, designed by Michael Hopkins and Partners, opening in 1994.

Personal life In 1974, he married Camilla (née Barlow); daughter of Erasmus Darwin Barlow (and a great-great-granddaughter of the naturalist Charles Darwin). They have one daughter, Eleanor Gwen Whitworth-Jones (born 1975); he also has two stepchildren (Luke and Amy) from her first marriage to Martin C. Mitcheson.