Hong-Kong born British bassbaritone Freddie Tong has built a reputation as a leading singing-actor of repertoire ranging from traditional buffo characters to the most dramatic bass-baritone roles.
Operatic engagements include Nourabad/The Pearl Fishers, The Cardinal/The Duchess of Malfi, and Monterone/Rigoletto (English National Opera); Dr Bartolo/Il barbiere di Siviglia and Dulcamara/L’elisir d’amore (Grange Park Opera); Masetto/Don Giovanni (Opera Holland Park); Raimondo/Lucia di Lammermoor, Sparafucile/ Rigoletto, Timur/Turandot and Ferrando/Il trovatore (Musica Viva Hong Kong); Colline/La bohème, Der Sprecher/Die Zauberflote and Angelotti/Tosca (Opera Hong Kong); Angelotti/ Tosca and Don Basilio/Il barbiere di Siviglia (Diva Opera UK); and the Bong Tree in Anne Dudley’s The Owl and the Pussycat for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Recent engagements include the Mayor/Jenufa, Baron Douphol/La traviata and Zuniga/Carmen (English National Opera); Alberich/Siegfried and Götterdämmerung at the Hackney Empire; Hunding/Die Walküre for Longborough Festival Opera; the Councilman in Missy Mazzoli’s Breaking the Waves at the Edinburgh International Festival with Scottish Opera, and on tour to the Adelaide Festival, Australia. Upcoming engagements include Doc/A Quiet Place at the Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House.
Freddie studied at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, later undertaking postgraduate studies at its prestigious Opera School.