About Jeremy Commons
Born 1933. Jeremy Commons is a New Zealand librettist and musicologist.
Jeremy Paul Axford Commons (born 17 December 1933) is a New Zealand opera historian, scholar, impresario and librettist. He is an authority on nineteenth-century Italian opera and has published major works on the composers Gaetano Donizetti and Nicola Vaccaj.
Academic career
Commons was born in Auckland in 1933. After graduating MA in English from Auckland University and Merton College, Oxford,
Other activities
He was president of the New Zealand Opera Society from 1981 to 1988, and from 1985 to 1989 he also edited its magazine Opera News. He remains the society's Patron.
He lives in Wellington.
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Who is Jeremy Commons?
New Zealand opera historian
When was Jeremy Commons born?
Jeremy Commons was born on 17 December 1933 in Auckland.
What is Jeremy Commons's occupation?
Jeremy Commons is a librettist and musicologist.
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Jeremy Commons is New Zealand.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Jeremy Commons. https://biography.guide/jeremy-commons/
MLA: "Jeremy Commons." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/jeremy-commons/.
Chicago: "Jeremy Commons." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/jeremy-commons/.
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