Born in Melbourne, the British-Australian character tenor Adrian Dwyer has appeared at many of the world’s greatest opera houses, gaining international recognition for his wide-ranging vocal ability and vivid theatrical presence in works spanning from the 19th Century to the present day.
Engagements have taken him to the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, ENO, Scottish Opera, Irish National Opera, Opera North, Teatro Real, Teatro Massimo Palermo, Opernhaus Zürich, Dutch National Opera, Opéra de Toulon, Cape Town Opera, Opera Queensland, and the State Opera of South Australia.
Recent and future highlights include Der Zwerg at Opéra de Lausanne, Mime/Der Ring des Nibelungen for Longborough Festival Opera (and Das Rheingold in Singapore with Orchestra of the Music Makers), Sandy and 1. Officer/The Lighthouse at Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Astrologer/The Golden Cockerel at Theater Magdeburg, where he got immediately reinvited for the German premiere of Gerald Barry’s Alice’s Adventures Under Ground and its latest iteration at Grand Théâtre de Genève, Almeric/ Iolanta with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Brighella/Ariadne auf Naxos for Opera North, and the title role in the world premiere of The Life & Death of Alexander Litvinenko by Anthony Bolton at Grange Park Opera.