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Adam Gilbert

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English Tenor Adam Gilbert was an Associate Artist with Welsh National Opera for the 2022/23 season. Having trained initially and working as a baritone for 10 years,  he is a very dynamic and versatile artist working with some of the most prestigious opera companies in the UK and abroad, 


Adam Gilbert was an Associate Artist with Welsh National Opera for the 2022/23 season. After 10 years as a baritone, working with some of the most prestigious opera companies in the UK and abroad, Adam made the move up into the Tenor repertoire, making his debut as a tenor Associate Artist with the company in the roles of Dad and Queen of Hearts in Will Todd's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in open air performances at The National Trust's Dyffryn Gardens. Other roles with the company included cover Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly, Steva in Jenufa and Passenger/ High Oracle and cover Adnan/ Zayed in Mohammed Fairouz's newly commissioned opera, Al Wasl in Dubai. Other notable engagements include cover Rodolfo /La Boheme for English National Opera and cover Marc /Les Naufrageurs for Glyndebourne Festival Opera.  Before joining WNO, Adam debuted in the role of Florestan in Fidelio by Beethoven with Opra Cymru which toured Wales and marked his entry as a Tenor. He was also engaged as Tenor soloist for ENO Opera Squad 2019. This season, Adam performed the role of Father in Kurt Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires conducted by Jan Latham-Koenig and also returned to WNO as a guest artist to perform the role of Emlyn in the new opera Blaze of Glory by David Hackbridge Johnson. This summer, Adam will make his role debut as Rodolfo in La Boheme with Opera Holland Park. 

Adam graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where he studied Classical Singing under the vocal tuition of Adrian Thompson and the guidance of Kathryn Harries. He completed his training at the National Opera Studio in London, where his studies were generously supported by The Derek Butler Trust, The Winship Foundation, Help Musicians UK and a Chris Ball Bursary. As a baritone, he worked with WNO, Scottish Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Music Theatre Wales, Wexford Festival Opera, Iford Arts, Mid Wales Opera and Opera Holland Park.

Adam was one of the first recipients of a Career Development Award from the Bryn Terfel Foundation and was also kindly supported by the Elizabeth Evans Trust and The Fenton Arts Trust. 


 


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DateDetails
14/03/2023

Emlyn in Blaze of Glory! by David Hackbridge Johnson
Welsh National Opera conducted by Stephen Higgins
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff 7.30pm

18/03/2023

Emlyn in Blaze of Glory! by David Hackbridge Johnson
Welsh National Opera conducted by Stephen Higgins
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff 7.30pm

01/04/2023

Emlyn in Blaze of Glory! by David Hackbridge Johnson
Welsh National Opera conducted by Stephen Higgins
Venue Cymru, Llandudno 7.30pm

22/04/2023

Emlyn in Blaze of Glory! by David Hackbridge Johnson
Welsh National Opera conducted by Stephen Higgins
Milton Keynes Theatre, 7.30pm

25/04/2023

Emlyn in Blaze of Glory! by David Hackbridge Johnson
Welsh National Opera conducted by Stephen Higgins
Bristol Hippodrome 7.30pm

29/04/2023

Emlyn in Blaze of Glory! by David Hackbridge Johnson
Welsh National Opera conducted by Stephen Higgins
Bristol Hippodrome 7.30pm

06/05/2023

Emlyn in Blaze of Glory! by David Hackbridge Johnson
Welsh National Opera conducted by Stephen Higgins
Birmingham Hippodrome 7.30pm

20/05/2023

Emlyn in Blaze of Glory! by David Hackbridge Johnson
Welsh National Opera conducted by Stephen Higgins
The Mayflower Theatre, Southampton 7.30pm

Beethoven FidelioFlorestan
Gay The Beggar's OperaFilch
J. Strauss II Die FledermausEisenstein
Janacek JenufaSteva
Mohammed Fairouz Al WaslPassenger, High Oracle, Adnan(U) Zayed(U)
Puccini Madama ButterflyPinkerton (U)
Puccini La BohemeRodolfo (U)
Smyth The WreckersMarc (U)
Sondheim Into the WoodsPrince
Sondheim Sweeney ToddPirelli
Todd, Will Alice's Adventures in WonderlandDad/ Queen of Hearts
Beethoven
Fidelio
Florestan
Gay
The Beggar's Opera
Filch
J. Strauss II
Die Fledermaus
Eisenstein
Janacek
Jenufa
Steva
Mohammed Fairouz
Al Wasl
Passenger, High Oracle, Adnan(U) Zayed(U)
Puccini
Madama Butterfly
Pinkerton (U)
Puccini
La Boheme
Rodolfo (U)
Smyth
The Wreckers
Marc (U)
Sondheim
Into the Woods
Prince
Sondheim
Sweeney Todd
Pirelli
Todd, Will
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Dad/ Queen of Hearts

Opera

Emlyn in Blaze of Glory! for Welsh National Opera
The Arts Desk
...Adam Gilbert, excellent as the youthful Emlyn...
Emlyn in Blaze of Glory! for Welsh National Opera
The Guardian
.... Adam Gilbert’s Emlyn a notable voice –
Emlyn in Blaze of Glory! for Welsh National Opera
The Stage
Young tenor Emlyn, meanwhile, is poached by Covent Garden – by no means an unknown trajectory, and certainly a credible one, given Adam Gilbert’s impressive voice.
Father in Kurt Weill's Seven Deadly Sins at Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires
parodytv.ome
The English tenor Adam Gilbert makes a lasting impression with his piercing and lustrous voice a Father attentive to his daughter and, above all, to his own interests.
Rodolfo in La Boheme for ENO
Opera Online
Gilbert sang tremendously well with his full and expansive tenor really coming to the fore,...it was remarkable what he achieved when preparation time was clearly limited. One could hear him softening his sound at the end of ‘Addio dolce svegliare alla mattina!’ to ensure it did not overwhelm Mimì’s as she was positioned much further down the stage, and it would be good if he could play Rodolfo in full himself one day.
Rodolfo in La Boheme for ENO
Opera Today
David Junghoon Kim was alas unable to sing Rodolfo, though continued to act it, Adam Gilbert making an excellent replacement from the wings.
Rodolfo in La Boheme for ENO
Klassik Begeistert
The Korean tenor complained of acute indisposition immediately before the performance on February 5th - and that is why the excellent Englishman Adam Gilbert, graduate of the renowned Guildhall School of Music, on the left edge of the stage portal as Rodolfo, while the Korean mimed the mute lover. Vocally Gilbert mastered the part flawlessly. You will still hear from him as a tenor at the ENO.
Dad and Queen of Hearts in Will Todd's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for Welsh National Opera
The Guardian
...the Queen of Hearts. Maximising the “Off with their heads!” moments, Adam Gilbert’s Queen is suitably over-the-top.
Dad and Queen of Hearts in Will Todd's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for Welsh National Opera
Morning Star
...with Adam Gilbert notable as Alice's father and a very bloodthirsty Queen of Hearts.
Dad and Queen of Hearts in Will Todd's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for Welsh National Opera
Buzz Magazine
...yet stealing the show is Adam Gilbert as the Queen of Hearts, an especially robust and absurd role.

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