Described by The Guardian as ‘The finest British bass of his generation,’ Alastair Miles has sung regularly for London’s Royal Ballet and Opera, English National Opera, Glyndebourne, Grange Park Opera, Scottish Opera and Welsh National Opera.
International engagements have taken him to the Metropolitan Opera, New York; the Salzburg Easter and Summer Festivals; MusikTheater an der Wien; the Wiener Staatsoper; Flanders Opera; Opéra Royal de Wallonie; Opéra de Lille; Opéra national de Paris; Bavarian State Opera; Deutsche Oper, Berlin; Oper Köln; Dutch National Opera; and Teatro Real, Madrid. He sings widely in concert and has made over 90 recordings.
His recent engagements have included Arkel/Pelléas et Mélisande for BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Commendatore/Don Giovanni at Zurich Opera, Lord Gordon/Mary, Queen of Scots for ENO, Crespel/Les contes d’Hoffmann for London’s Royal Ballet and Opera, Prospero/Miranda for Oper Köln, Father Trulove/The Rake’s Progress for Glyndebourne, Ghost of Hamlet’s Father/Hamlet at Teatro Regio Torino, Claudius/Hamlet for Buxton International Festival, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis at Bucharest’s Enescu Festival, Schumann’s Szenen aus Goethes Faust with Orquesta y Coro nacionales de España and Verd’s Requiem with Royal Choral Society.
This is his debut for Longborough Festival Opera.