Andrew Henley

Tenor

Hailing from Monmouth, Andrew studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and is a recent graduate of the National Opera Studio. He was with winner of the 2019 Dunraven Young Welsh Singer of the Year.

Roles at RWCMD included Fenton/Falstaff, Albert/Albert Herring and Schoolmaster/The Cunning Little Vixen. Operatic engagements have included include Father Grenville/Dead Man Walking (Welsh National Opera); Tybalt/Romeo and Juliet (Opéra de Lyon); Heinrich der Schreiber/Tannhäuser (Stadttheater Klagenfurt); Don Ottavio/Don Giovanni (Clonter Opera); Novice/Billy Budd (St. Endellion Festival); Lechmere/Owen Wingrave (British Youth Opera); Major (cover)/Patience (English Touring Opera); and excerpts of Rodolfo/La boheme with ROH Reimagined, in association with the Royal Opera, Covent Garden.

Concert engagements have included Mendelssohn/Elijah at Cadogan Hall with the City of London Sinfonia, Opera Highlights with the WNO Orchestra conducted by Carlo Rizzi at BBC Hoddinot Hall, 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. Upcoming concerts include Britten Les Illuminations with the Moscow State Conservatoire Orchestra and Verdi Requiem at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.