Barnaby Rea

Barnaby Rea trained at the National Opera Studio and the Guildhall School of Music. He has appeared at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Zurich Opera, Teatro Real Madrid, Opéra de Lyon, English National Opera, Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse, Opera Holland Park, Scottish Opera, Opera North and Oper Frankfurt, where he was a member of the ensemble. Roles include Bottom (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Sparafucile (Rigoletto), Alidoro (La Cenerentola), Colline (La bohème), Truffaldin (Ariadne auf Naxos), Lord Tristan Mickleford (Martha), Basilio (The Barber of Seville), Hobson (Peter Grimes), Solony (Tri Sestri), Masetto (Don Giovanni), Lodovico (Otello), Zaretsky (Eugene Onegin), Pistola (Falstaff), Baron Zeta (Die lustige Witwe), Osmin (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Banquo (Macbeth) and Nachtigall (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg). Concert appearances include with the BBC Proms, the Enescu, the Bergen and Edinburgh Festivals and at the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Marinsky Hall. He made his Royal Opera debut in the 2022/23 Season as First Apprentice (Wozzeck).