South African baritone Jacques Imbrailo studied law and music in South Africa and singing at the Royal College of Music. He won the Audience Prize at the 2007 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. A former member of The Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Young Artists Programme (2006–8), he has since returned to sing Schaunard (La bohème), Count Almaviva (The Marriage of Figaro), Malatesta (Don Pasquale) and the title role in Billy Budd. Other appearances include Andrei (Tre Sestri) for the Salzburg Festival, Pelléas (Pelléas et Mélisande) for Opéra national du Rhin, Zurich Opera, Opera Vlaanderen, Welsh National Opera and Grand Théâtre de Genève, Billy Budd for the Glyndebourne Festival, Teatro Real, Madrid and in Oslo, the title role in Don Giovanni for Malmo Opera and Opera Oviedo, Valentin (Faust) in Baden-Baden, Messner in the world premiere of Bel Canto  for Lyric Opera of Chicago, Horatio in Brett Dean’s Hamlet for Glyndebourne, Count Almaviva in Minnesota, Zurga (The Pearl Fishers) for English National Opera, Alphonse XI (La Favorite) for Houston Grand Opera, Ned Keene (Peter Grimes) for Teatro Real, Madrid, Raimbaud (Le comte Ory) for Garsington Opera, and Gellner (La Wally) for Theater an der Wien. Engagements for 2025/26 include his Metropolitan Opera debut as Horatio.