John Mark Ainsley

John Mark Ainsley
Born (1963-07-09) 9 July 1963 (age 61)
Crewe, Cheshire, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
OccupationOperatic tenor
Known forOpera performance, especially Baroque and Early music
StyleLyric tenor
SpouseWilliam Whitehead
Awards

John Mark Ainsley OBE (born 9 July 1963) is an English lyric tenor. Known for his supple voice, Ainsley is particularly admired for his interpretations of baroque music and the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In the course of his career, he has gravitated towards 20th-century music, singing in operas by Henze, Janáček, and Britten.