A BBC Proms artist, tenor Ben Johnson has performed & recorded with Graham Johnson, Roger Vignoles, Malcolm Martineau & James Baillieu. Well-known among Europe’s concert halls, he has also performed a wide variety of roles with English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Glyndebourne, Opéra National de Bordeaux, Bergen National Opera & Opéra de Lyon. In 2024 he debuts the title role in Idomeneo at the Luzerner Theatre, Switzerland.
Winner of the 2024 Kathleen Ferrier Awards, Scottish tenor Matthew McKinney sang with Glyndebourne Festival Chorus this summer, and returns to English Touring Opera to perform Beethoven’s An Die Ferne Geliebte, as part of a newly compiled work Do Not Take My Story for a Fairy Tale, while covering the Tsar in a new English translation of The Snow Maiden. He has recently recorded Gastone La traviata for OperaGlass Works’ forthcoming film and Rodolfo La bohème on Robin Norton-Hale’s feature produced by Finite Films.
Irish tenor Aaron O’Hare transitioned from baritone in 2021. He recently sang Spoletta Tosca for Northern Ireland Opera and performs Fourth Jew Salome for Irish National Opera in 2024. As an Associate Artist with Welsh National Opera, he sang the title role in Don Giovanni on tour, Stárek Jenůfa and March Hare/White Knight in Will Todd’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. In 2021 he also sang Schaunard La bohème for Northern Ireland Opera and new commission Elsewhere, composed by Michael Gallen and produced in Ireland with support from the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris.