Gareth Wynmore John - Baritone

Winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Award, baritone Gareth Brynmor John studied at Cambridge, the Royal Academy of Music, where he won the Patrons' Award, and the National Opera Studio where he was supported by the Royal Opera House.

He made his debut with Welsh National Opera singing Schaunard (La Bohème) in 2017 and has since returned for various roles including Papageno/ Die Zauberflöte, Masetto / Don Giovanni and Sharpless / Madama Butterfly. Recent and future engagements include Donner / Das Rheingold for Grimeborn Opera, Ishmeron / The Indian Queen with Opéra de Lille, Opera de Luxembourg and Antwerp Opera, Papageno for Wild Arts Opera and the English Clerk / Death in Venice for WNO. He works with some of the leading orchestras in Europe including Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, London Symphony Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with repertoire including Elijah, Fauré Requiem, St Matthew Passion, Messiah, Dream of Gerontius, Brahms Requiem, Vaughan Williams Mystical Songs and he has previously appeared as the featured soloist in the BBC television Christmas Eve broadcast of Carols from Kings.

Gareth is an acclaimed recitalist and performs regularly at leading venues and festivals including the Wigmore Hall, London Song and Oxford International Song Festivals.

He recently released a disc of song entitled The Children's Hour for the Champs Hill label.