Ross Cumming (Baritone)
Ross Cumming is a baritone originally from the north east of Scotland. He completed his M.Mus. in Opera Studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland under Scott Johnson at the Alexander Gibson Opera Studio.
A music graduate of the University of Aberdeen, Ross also studied at the Royal Northern College of Music, achieving a Distinction in his Vocal Studies Masters. In 2023 he was awarded the Basil Turner Prize awarded by the Toni V. Fell Trust, having previously won the Bessie Crenshaw/Frost Brownson Song Cycle Competition.
Ross was a Young Artist at Buxton Opera Festival. He has performed Bach St John Passion (Cumbria Opera Festival) and has also sung with The Sixteen, Dunedin Consort and Voces8.
Ross is a currently an Emerging Artist at Scottish Opera for their 2024/25 season.
Recent performances with Scottish Opera include Dr Malatesta Don Pasquale, Sid Albert Herring, Marchese d'Obigny La Traviata, Opera Highlights Spring 2024, Father Hansel & Gretel, Fiorello/Officer and Figaro (Access performance and cover for full performance) The Barber of Seville , First Shepherd Daphne.
Further operatic engagements include Junius The Rape of Lucretia and Pilgrim Pilgrim's Progress (both British Youth Opera), Johann Werther (Grange Park); Amonaroso Aida (Opera Festival Scotland), title role Don Giovanni (ALLO Opera), Forester The Cunning Little Vixen (Royal Northern College of Music), Kilan Der Freischütz (Random Opera), Siroco L'etoile, President A Feast in a Time of Plague and Krumpelblatt Four Sisters (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland).
