Early life Born in London, England, he studied at
Wilson's School,
Wallington, London, before going up to
King's College, Cambridge to read mathematics. After graduating in 1990, he worked as a
Chartered Accountant and as an
investment banker Performing He made his operatic debut in 1998, singing the role of
Escamillo for
Opera North, since when he has also appeared in the UK at the
Royal Opera House,
English National Opera,
Glyndebourne and
Welsh National Opera. He made his U.S. debut for the
Opera Company of Philadelphia and went on to sing at
Santa Fe Opera. Elsewhere he has sung for
La Scala (Milan), Opera Nationale de Montpellier,
Liceu (
Barcelona),
Deutsche Oper Berlin,
Cologne Opera,
Leipzig Opera, the
Royal Swedish Opera, Nationale Reisoper (Enschede), Israeli Opera In 2016 he premiered the role of The Count in
Elena Langer's opera
Figaro Gets a Divorce, for
Welsh National Opera. He appears regularly in concert, having sung with the
London Symphony Orchestra, the
Hallé Orchestra, the
Academy of Ancient Music, the
Oxford Lieder Festival, the
Philharmonia Orchestra, the
BBC Concert Orchestra, the
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the
Munich Radio Orchestra, the
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (East Berlin), the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y Léon and the
Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia.
Record producing In 2008 he formed the CD label
Stone Records. ==Repertoire==