Born in North Wales, he studied at the GSMD with Arthur Reckless and Rudolf Piernay. His award-winning discography encompasses operas by Mozart, Wagner and Strauss and over 15 solo discs. His awards and honours include a CBE (2003), the Queen’s Medal for Music (2006), a knighthood (2017) the title of Austrian Kammersänger (2022) and a European Cultural Award at the Tonhalle, Zurich. Recent appearances include the Coronation of King Charles III, The Dutchman, Dulcamara, Don Basilio and Don Pasquale (RBO), Sweeney Todd (Zurich Opera), Balstrode (Vienna State Opera, RBO), Bluebeard (Paris Opera), Gianni Schicchi (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, European Opera Centre), Aleko, Gianni Schicchi, Dutchman (Grange Park Opera), Falstaff (Zurich Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper), Scarpia (Paris, Zurich, Tokyo Spring Festival, Vienna, Bergen International Festival). 24/25 season highlights include: Scarpia (RBO, Munich, Shanghai Festival, Metropolitan Opera), Don Pizarro, Dulcamara, Don Basilio (Vienna), Belshazzar’s Feast with RLPO and Elijah with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra.
