Glover, Jane Allison (1949–)

English conductor. Born May 13, 1949, in Helmsley, Yorkshire, England; St. Hugh's College, Oxford University, BA, DPhil with dissertation on Venetian Baroque opera (1975).

Leading conductor and musicologist, made debut at Wexford Festival Opera (1975), conducting own edition of Cavalli's Eritrea; published Cavalli (1978); joined Glyndebourne staff (1979), leading Glyndebourne Touring Opera (1981–85), and made festival debut with Il Barbiere di Siviglia, the 1st woman to conduct at the festival (1982); worked as tv presenter of BBC programs Orchestra (1983) and Mozart (1985); became music director (1983) and principal conductor (1993) of London Choral Society; served as artistic director of London Mozart Players, expanding group's repertoire to include contemporary works; toured with Mozart Players throughout UK, Europe and Asia and recorded pieces by Haydn, Mozart and Britten (1984–91); debuted at Proms (1985), Covent Garden (1988) and ENO (Don Giovanni, 1989); was principal conductor of Huddersfield Choral Society (1989–96); served as artistic director of Buxton Festival (1992), conducting L'italiana in Algeri; made NY debut with Jessye Norman and Orchestra of St. Luke's at Lincoln Center (1994); conducted Monteverdi's Orfeo at Lyric Theater of Chicago (2000), Hippolyte et Aricie in St. Louis (2001) and at Lincoln Center's "Mostly Mozart" festivals; also conducted operas by Britten and Richard Strauss and premieres by Judith Bingham, David Matthews, Sally Beamish, Roger Steptoe and others; conducted and recorded with Royal Philharmonic and London Philharmonic Orchestras, and conducted London Symphony, Royal Scottish National, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Hallé, Bournemouth Symphony, Philharmonia, BBC Symphony, Concert and Philharmonic Orchestras, Hanover Band, Orchestra of St. John's Smith Square and English Chamber Orchestra; recorded extensively with choral groups including BBC Singers; made Australian debut with Alcina for Australian Opera.