Iestyn Davies, countertenor

Oberon in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream (HGO debut)

Recent Engagements:

• Ottone in Montiverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea at Zürich Opera
• Hamor in Handel’s Jephtha and Pisandro in Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria for Welsh National Opera
• the solo counter-tenor in Purcell’s King Arthur and Apollo in Britten’s Death in Venice for English National Opera
• Azul in Nadaira’s Madrugada for the Schleswig-Holstein Festival
• Corrado in Vivaldi’s Griselda in Paris and Brest
• Appearances at the Wigmore Hall, The Barbican, Royal Concertgebouw Theater, Snape Maltings and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées have included performances of Britten’s Canticles, Bach’s Mass in B Minor and Handel’s Messiah and Flavio
• Sung with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Academy of Ancient Music, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra
  

Awards/Accolades/Recordings:

• Handel’s Messiah for Naxos Records with the Academy of Ancient Music and Vivaldi’s Griselda for (Naïve), which was named BBC Music Magazine’s “Opera Recording of the Year” in 2007