English bass Simon Wilding made his ROH debut in 1997 as a Brabantian Noble/Lohengrin under Valery Gergiev, followed immediately by appearances as the Cappadocian/Salome, Foltz/Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Lane & Merriman in Gerald Barry’s The Importance of Being Earnest, Sciarrone/Tosca, Lackey/Ariadne auf Naxos, Pinellino/Gianni Schicchi, and Gessler/Guillaume Tell.
For the Opera Group, the role of the Athlete in Olga Neuwirth’s American Lulu which toured to the Young Vic, Edinburgh and Bregenz Festivals. A winner of the Wagner Bursary Award, he has sung Fasolt/Das Rheingold and Hagen/Götterdämmerung with the Meistersingers and made his debut at the Bayreuth Festival in 1989. Recent Roles with the Royal Opera House include Oroe/Semiramide, 2nd Soldier/Salome, 2nd Sailor/Billy Budd, various roles in Die Nase with the Komische Oper, Berlin, ROH and Teatro Real.
Selected recorded work includes Salome and Die Meistersinger (ROH), Lt Ratcliffe/Billy Budd with the Hallé for the Erato label, and Policeman in Ethel Smyth’s The Boatswain’s Mate with Retrospect Opera.
Recent engagements include Sparafucille/Rigoletto (Opera Holland Park), and Hunding/ Die Walküre (Pacific Opera BC).