ANDREW HENLEY — CONNAUGHT ARTISTS

ANDREW HENLEY

ANDREWHENLEYTENOR.CO.UK TENOR

Hailing from Monmouth, British-Irish tenor Andrew Henley studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and is a graduate of the National Opera Studio, where he was supported by the WNO Sir John Moores Award. He was with winner of the 2019 Dunraven Young Welsh Singer of the Year and is the recipient of the 2023 John Scott Award from Scottish Opera.

Operatic engagements have included The Tenor Trauernacht, Tybalt Romeo and Juliet and Voleur de Lune Der Mond with Opéra de Lyon, Heinrich der Schreiber Tannhäuser with the Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Father Grenville Dead Man Walking and Candide (cover) Candide with Welsh National Opera, Officer and Armand (cover)Thérèse, Tenor Soloist on the Opera Highlights Tour and Nemorino (cover) L'elisir d'amore with Scottish Opera, Barigoule Cendrillon with Buxton International Festival, Don Ottavio Don Giovanni with Clonter Opera, Novice Billy Budd with the St. Endellion Festival, Lechmere Owen Wingrave with British Youth Opera, Major (cover) Patience with English Touring Opera, Kekikako Bataclan with West Green House, Christoph Kommilitonen! with Welsh National Youth Opera and chorus with Glyndebourne and Wexford Festival Opera. Roles at RWCMD included Fenton Falstaff, Albert Albert Herring and Schoolmaster The Cunning Little Vixen. Upcoming engagements include Ottavio (cover) Don Giovanni in Glyndebourne’s Autumn season, Ostrogoto La Fiera di Venezia with Bampton Classical Opera and Adam A+E at the Grimeborn Festival.

Concert engagements have included Mendelssohn Elijah at Cadogan Hall with the City of London Sinfonia, an opera highlights concert with the WNO Orchestra conducted by Carlo Rizzi at BBC Hoddinott Hall, Mozart Mass in C Minor at Wells Cathedral, Verdi Requiem at St. Paul's Covent Garden, Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, and Purcell The Fairy Queen, conducted by Nicholas McGegan, both with the CBSO at Birmingham Symphony Hall. Before the pandemic he was due to perform Britten Les Illuminations with the Moscow Conservatory Symphony Orchestra in the Great Hall of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory.

PRESS

”Andrew Henley, young Welsh tenor, sings the young son with solid vocal technique. His fine timbre embedded in a lyrical sound gives his role an empathetic depth and touch.”

TRAUERNACHT with Opéra de Lyon (2022) – ioco.de
“Andrew Henley’s powerful tenor beautifully portrayed Nemorino’s despair, while being flexible enough to be meltingly tender in his big aria “Una furtiva”

L'ELISIR D'AMORE (Nemorino) with Random Opera Company (2021) – South Rugby News
"I was particularly struck by Andrew Henley... who showed comic flair and a healthy tenor as the Dandini figure"

CENDRILLON (Barigoule) with Buxton International Festival (2021) - Rupert Christiansen, Opera
"Vocal highlights came from Andrew Henley's Ottavio and Alexandra Lowe as Elvira... Ottavio's big Act II aria was the best thing of the evening"

DON GIOVANNI (Ottavio) with Clonter Opera (2019) - Opera Now
"Father Grenville was essayed by the tenor, Andrew Henley, who sang with a relaxed easy demeanour, and a pleasing lilt. His skepticism and lack of sympathy with Sister Helen’s outlook took the form of a casual dismissiveness and was clearly constructed."

DEAD MAN WALKING (Father Grenville) with Welsh National Opera (2019) - Opera Wire
"Best of the cast was the tenor Andrew Henley who was immediately convincing as Lechmere, leaping atop a table and wielding a sabre with naïve gusto, to the alarm of Coyle and the other trainee recruits. Henley alone sang with consistently good diction, and displayed an appealing tone."

OWEN WINGRAVE (Lechmere) with British Youth Opera (2016) - Clare Seymour, Opera

ANDREWHENLEYTENOR.CO.UK TENOR

PRESS

”Andrew Henley, young Welsh tenor, sings the young son with solid vocal technique. His fine timbre embedded in a lyrical sound gives his role an empathetic depth and touch.”

“Andrew Henley’s powerful tenor beautifully portrayed Nemorino’s despair, while being flexible enough to be meltingly tender in his big aria “Una furtiva”

"I was particularly struck by Andrew Henley... who showed comic flair and a healthy tenor as the Dandini figure"

"Vocal highlights came from Andrew Henley's Ottavio and Alexandra Lowe as Elvira... Ottavio's big Act II aria was the best thing of the evening"

"Father Grenville was essayed by the tenor, Andrew Henley, who sang with a relaxed easy demeanour, and a pleasing lilt. His skepticism and lack of sympathy with Sister Helen’s outlook took the form of a casual dismissiveness and was clearly constructed."

"Best of the cast was the tenor Andrew Henley who was immediately convincing as Lechmere, leaping atop a table and wielding a sabre with naïve gusto, to the alarm of Coyle and the other trainee recruits. Henley alone sang with consistently good diction, and displayed an appealing tone."

LEE DAVID BOWEN

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