Barnaby Rea

Barnaby Rea trained at the National Opera Studio and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. He has appeared at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Zurich Opera, Teatro Real, Opéra de Lyon, English National Opera, Théâtre du Capitole, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Opéra de Lausanne, Opera Nice Côte d'Azur, Opera Holland Park, Scottish Opera, Opera North and Oper Frankfurt, where he was a member of the ensemble. Roles include Bottom (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Sparafucile (Rigoletto), Alidoro (La Cenerentola), Colline (La bohème), Truffaldin (Ariadne auf Naxos), Lord Tristan Mickleford (Martha), Basilio (The Barber of Seville), Don Iñigo Gomez (L'heure espagnole), Hobson (Peter Grimes), Solony (Tri Sestri), Masetto (Don Giovanni), Lodovico (Otello), Zaretsky (Eugene Onegin), Pistola (Falstaff), Baron Zeta (Die lustige Witwe), Osmin (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Banquo (Macbeth) and Nachtigall (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg). Concert appearances include with the BBC Proms, the Enescu, the Bergen and Edinburgh Festivals and at the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Barbican Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Marinsky Hall. He made his Royal Opera debut in the 2022/23 Season as First Apprentice (Wozzeck). Engagements for 2025/26 include Quince (A Midsummer Night's Dream) for the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival and First Apprentice for Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.