Ashley Riches

Ashley Riches studied at King’s College, Cambridge and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. He was a Jette Parker Young Artist at the Royal Opera House and a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist. 2023/24 Season engagemnts include Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with David Afkham in Madrid, Verdi’s Requiem with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Kazuki Yamada, Rheinberg (Lurline) in Dublin with John Wilson, Handel’s Messiah in concert at Glyndebourne, and Purcell’s King Arthur with Paul McCreesh in Lyon and Lausanne. 2022/23 Season highlights included his Bayerische Staatsoper debut as Silvano (La Calisto), Purcell Odes and Handel arias with The English Concert and Harry Bicket; Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri with Daniel Harding and the Czech Philharmonic; Angelotti (Tosca) with the Bergen Philharmonic; Messiaen’s St François d’Assise with Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; and the world premiere of Ian Fletcher’s Jonah in London. His debut solo recital recording, A Musical Zoo, was released by Chandos in 2021.