Toby Spence

British tenor Toby Spence studied at New College, Oxford, where he graduated with honours and was a choral scholar, and at the Opera School of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Awards include the Royal Philharmonic Society 2011 Singer of the Year. He has appeared at houses worldwide, including at the Royal Opera House, Metropolitan Opera, Paris Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Liceu, Barcelona and San Francisco Opera, as well as at the Salzburg and Aix-en-Provence festivals. In concert, he has sung with orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic. His 2023/24 Season plans include house debuts at Vienna State Opera as Alonso in The Tempest and at Opéra National de Lorraine, in the title role of Idomeneo.