Schedule
Performance schedule — future, current, and archive
Forthcoming engagements first, current season second, archive at the foot. United Kingdom dates form the spine of the 2025–2027 calendar; selected international dates included.
Forthcoming 2026 / 2027
- March 4 – 28, 2027 — Tosca, Cavaradossi, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London; Antonio Pappano, cond.
- February 18 & 21, 2027 — Verdi Requiem, Tenor Soloist, BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican, London; Sakari Oramo, cond.
- January 12 – February 6, 2027 — Don Carlo, Don Carlo, Welsh National Opera, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (then touring Llandudno and Bristol Hippodrome).
- December 5 & 8, 2026 — Messiah (Handel), Tenor Soloist, Hallé Orchestra, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester; Sir Mark Elder, cond.
- November 14 – December 13, 2026 — Norma, Pollione, Scottish Opera; Theatre Royal, Glasgow (Nov 14, 18, 22, 26) and Festival Theatre, Edinburgh (Dec 5, 9, 13).
- October 17 & 18, 2026 — Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Tenor Soloist, London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican Hall; Sir Simon Rattle, cond.
- September 25 – October 11, 2026 — Stiffelio, Stiffelio, Glyndebourne Festival on Tour; opens Glyndebourne (Sep 25), then Norwich Theatre Royal, Milton Keynes Theatre, and Theatre Royal Plymouth.
- September 6, 2026 — Recital with Malcolm Martineau, Wigmore Hall, London. Schubert Schwanengesang selections + Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge.
- August 22, 2026 — BBC Proms, Verdi Requiem, Tenor Soloist, Royal Albert Hall, London; Edward Gardner cond. with the London Philharmonic.
- August 10, 2026 — Edinburgh International Festival recital, The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, with pianist Joseph Middleton.
- July 14, 2026 — Last Night of the Llangollen Eisteddfod, Tenor Soloist, Royal International Pavilion, Llangollen, Wales.
- June 27, 2026 — Verdi Gala, Tenor Soloist, BBC Philharmonic, MediaCityUK Salford / Bridgewater Hall Manchester; John Wilson, cond.
- May 8 & 9, 2026 — Mahler Symphony No. 8, Tenor Soloist, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall, Birmingham; Kazuki Yamada, cond.
- April 18, 2026 — Verdi Requiem, Tenor Soloist, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Lighthouse Poole and Bristol Beacon (Apr 19).
Current season — spring 2026
- March 7 – 28, 2026 — Otello, Cassio, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London; Sir Antonio Pappano, cond.
- February 14 & 17, 2026 — Das Lied von der Erde, Tenor Soloist, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, City Halls, Glasgow; Ryan Wigglesworth, cond.
- January 24 – February 7, 2026 — Madama Butterfly, Pinkerton, Welsh National Opera; Wales Millennium Centre Cardiff and Bristol Hippodrome.
Autumn 2025
- November 2025 — Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Tenor Soloist, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall; Domingo Hindoyan, cond.
- October 11 & 12, 2025 — Verdi Requiem, Tenor Soloist, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall and Usher Hall, Edinburgh; Thomas Søndergard, cond.
- September 19, 2025 — Last Night of the Proms (Park concert), Tenor Soloist, BBC Concert Orchestra, Hyde Park, London.
Earlier engagements (2015 – 2017)
- October 14 & 15, 2015 — In Their Footsteps, Tenor Soloist, New York Philharmonic
- November 21, 29, December 2, 5, 10, 13, 2015 — Norma, Pollione, Los Angeles Opera; James Conlon, cond. (with Angela Meade, Jamie Barton, and Morris Robinson)
- January 31 – March 12, 2016 — Stiffelio, Stiffelio, Oper Frankfurt
- April 12 – May 15, 2016 — Carmen, Don José, Canadian Opera Company
- July 7 & 9, 2016 — Fidelio, Florestan, Cincinnati Opera
- October / November 2016 — Norma, Pollione, Canadian Opera Company
- November 2016 — Das Lied von der Erde, Tenor Soloist, Detroit Symphony, Louis Langée, cond.
- November 2016 — Das Lied von der Erde, Tenor Soloist, Atlanta Symphony, Donald Runnicles, cond.
- December 2016 / January 2017 — Nabucco, Ismaele, The Metropolitan Opera
Archive highlights
For the complete chronological history of operatic and concert work, see the full resume. The archive includes principal-tenor appearances with the Metropolitan Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, English National Opera, San Francisco Opera, Seattle Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Cincinnati Opera, and others, plus concert work with the LA Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Opera Rara, and others.
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