British baritone Henry Neill is an international opera singer based in Austria.
Since leaving his position in the ensemble at Deutsches Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle Weimar (2017/19), Henry has performed at European Theaters and festivals including Grand Théâtre Genève, Opera National de Lorraine, Opera North, Theater Aachen and Nouvel Opera Fribourg. He recently covered the role of Ned Keene in the new production of Peter Grimes at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Following a critically acclaimed Conte (Le Nozze di Figaro) at Theater Aachen, Henry will returned to Aachen to sing Lescaut (Manon) in Spring 2023. Other recent engagements include Guglielmo (Cosi) Opera North and Landesknecht (Schwanda) Theater an der Wien. Future engagements see him return to ROH, Covent Garden and Theater an der Wien.
Previous roles include Papageno (Zauberflöte), Guglielmo (Cosi), Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Conte/Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro) Silvano (Un ballo in maschera), Edmund Bertram (Mansfield Park - Dove) , Marchese (Traviata), Quince/Starveling (Midsummer night's Dream), Smirnov (The Bear - Walton), Marco (Gianni Schicchi). He has performed as a guest soloist with Grange Festival Opera, Theater Erfurt, Garsington Opera, English Touring Opera, Clonter Opera and West Green House Opera.
He was the winner of the 2016 Royal Overseas Singer’s Prize along with several national awards including a Sybill Tutton Opera Award and a Yeomanship at the Worshipful company of Musicians.
Notable performances include recitals at Wigmore Hall with Somi Kim, Recitals at the International Holland Festival, "Serenade to music" with the Birmingham symphony orchestra, appearances on BBC radio 3's In Tune, Butterworth’s ‘Six songs from A Shropshire Lad’ with Orchestra conducted by Sir Mark Elder, a recital with Simon Lepper at the North Norfolk Music Festival, recitals at the Oxford Lieder festival, Leeds Lieder Festival, Two Moors Festival and appearances on Dutch Radio 4 performing song.
Henry is represented by Athole Still Artists - https://www.atholestill.com/
Credit @Justin Kim