B i o g r a p h y

Welsh tenor Ryan Vaughan Davies is currently a Jette Parker Artist at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

He previously received his Artist Diploma in Opera from The Royal Academy of Music, Masters of Music degree from the Royal College of Music and Bachelor of Music from the Royal Northern College of Music.

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Operatic highlights of recent seasons include Tom Rakewell, The Rake’s Progress for Theatr und Orchester Biel Solothurn. Remendado in Carmen, Borsa in Rigoletto and Peppe(cover) in Pagliacci for The Royal Opera House. Tamino(cover)Die Zauberflöte for Welsh National Opera, Peppe, Pagliacci for Iford Arts. Prunier,La Rondine for IfOpera. Rinuccio Gianni Schicchi for Royal Academy Opera.

He has also previously appeared with the Garsington Opera Festival, the Grange Festival, Longborough Opera Festival and Buxton Opera Festival.

In concert, Ryan recently made a number of acclaimed debuts including at the BBC Proms as the Lover Il tabarro with the Hallé and Sir Mark Elder, at The Wigmore Hall singing Schumman’s Liederkreis Op.24 and with the Ulster Orchestra in performances of Messiah with conductor Nicholas Chalmers. He has previously made appearances at the Southbank Centre, Grieghallen Bergen, and in the US with the North American Festival of Wales.

Ryan is currently making his role debut as El Remendado in Damiano Michieletto’s production of Carmen at the Royal Opera House as well as looking forward to touring with the company’s production of Rigoletto where he will reprise the role of Borsa in Japan this summer.  Ryan will also perform in the Jette Parker Showcase on the 20th of July where he will sing scenes from Romeo et Juliette(Gounoud) and Les Pecheurs du Perl(Bizet).