Musical Education

2005 - 2007 Guildhall, Opera School

2004 - 2005 Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Postgraduate Vocal Training Course

2002 - 2004 Guildhall School of Music & Drama, B. Mus (1:1 Honours)

1999 - 2002 University of Wales, Bangor - B Mus (2:1 Honours)

Operatic Experience

2012 Gamekeeper, Rusalka, Dvorak. Glyndebourne Touring Opera

2012 Nunes Vidal, Yellow Sofa, Philips. (Jerwood Project) Glyndebourne Touring Opera & Glyndebourne Festival Opera

2012 Don Basilio (cover), Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart. Glyndebourne Festival Opera

2011 Chorus. Glyndebourne Touring Opera

2011 Gamekeeper (Cover), Rusalka, Dvorak. Glyndebourne Festival Opera

2011 Zorn (cover), Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Wagner. Glyndebourne Festival Opera

2011 Nanki Poo (cover), The Mikado, Gilbert & Sullivan. English National Opera

2010 Turnkey, Hugh The Drover, Vaughan Williams. New Sussex Opera

2010 Nurredin (cover), The Barber of Baghdad, Cornelius. Buxton Festival

2010 Don Jose, Carmen, Bizet. Opra Cymru

2009 Pang, Turnadot, Puccini. English National Opera

2009 Don Basilio/Curzio, Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart. Opera Project

2008 Nemorino, L’Elisir D’Amore, Donizetti. Swansea City Opera

2008 Beppe, I Pagliacci, Leoncavallo. English National Opera

2008 Nemorino, L’Elisir D’Amore, Donizetti. Opera Box

2008 Italian Singer (cover), Der Rosenkavalier, Strauss. English National Opera

2008 Vimconte Cascada, Merry Widow, Lehar. English National Opera

2007 Mr Upfold, the Mayor, Albert Herring, Britten. B.Y.O.

2007 Don Basilio/Curzio, Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart. Guildhall

2007 Flamand, Capriccio, Strauss. Guildhall

2007 Jupiter, Semele, Handel. Winterbourne Opera

2007 Triquet (cover), Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky. Longborough Festival Opera

2006 H.R.H. Prince Phillipe, A Dinner Engagement, Berkley. Guildhall

2006 Roderick II, The Long Christmas Dinner, Hindemith. Guildhall

2006 Lensky, Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky. B.Y.O.

2006 Gherrardo, Gianni Schicchi, Puccini. Guildhall

2006 Song-Seller, Il Tabbaro, Puccini. Guildhall

2006 Bardolffo, Falstaff, Verdi. Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Oratorio

The Kingdom - Elgar

St John Passion - Bach (Evangelist)

Requiem - Verdi

Requiem - Mozart

The Seasons - Haydn

Messiah - Handel (Glandulais Choral Society 2004, Neath Choral Society 2004, Fishguard Choral Society 2003)

Christmas Oratorio - Bach Frome Choral Society 2004

The Creation - Joseph Haydn Llanpumsaint Choral Society 2004

St Cecilia's Mass - Gounod Cardiff Choral Society 2003

Concerts

2008 London Welsh Concert – Soloist. Cadogan Hall

2005 Machynlleth Music Festival - Soloist in the Opening Concert

2005 Chipping Campden Festival - Solo recital. Programme included Winter Words (Britten)

2005 South Africa Welsh Society - Solo recital on the Linden Hall, Johannesburg

2004 'Lark in the Park' Outdoor concert of well-known Opera & Song repertoire with Orchestra - Eastbourne

Competition

2008 Third Place in the London Welsh Singer of the Year

2003 The Osbourne Roberts Memoral Prize and the Blue Ribbon for the Best Soloist under 25 (National Eisteddfod of Wales)

2002 & 2003 The David Lloyd Memorial Prize for most promising Tenor under 25 (National Eisteddfod of Wales)

2003 & 2003 The Jean Skidmore Scholarship in Memory of David Lloyd. Also won at the National Eisteddfod of Wales)

Awards & Scholarships

2002 Prize: Best performer of the Year - University of Wales, Bangor

Future Plans

2012/13 – English National Opera – Nanki Poo (cover + matinee performance) – The Mikado

Press

The Yellow Sofa, Glyndebourne, 16th October 2012, The Guardian

"There's also a lively trio for Godofredo's sniggering friends and Machado's second, Nunes Vidal, sung by the excellent Gareth Huw John."