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Adrian Ward Tenor

Recipient of INDEPENDENT OPERA Postgraduate Voice Fellowship (Guildhall School of Music & Drama)

Born in Cambridge in 1983, Adrian Ward completed his studies on the Opera Course at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama where he was a student of Rudolf Piernay. He is the winner of the 2008 Royal Over-Seas League vocal section prize and in 2007 he was selected for representation by the Young Concert Artists Trust (YCAT). In 2008 he was a finalist in both the Kathleen Ferrier and Richard Tauber competitions.

As a soloist Adrian has appeared in recital at Wigmore Hall, Barbican Hall, Snape Maltings, St John’s Smith Square, Cadogan Hall, Purcell Room, Blackheath Halls, Barber Institute Birmingham, Bridgewater Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Royal Albert Hall and sung for the Songmakers' Almanac, the Schubert Institute (Austria) and the Steans Institute at the Ravinia Festival (Chicago). Performances include A Child of our Time at The Anvil, Handel’s Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall under Sir David Willcocks and Handel with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

Operatic experience includes Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni) at The Sage, Gateshead, for Samling Opera directed by Sir Thomas Allen, Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), The Brazilian (La vie Parisienne) and Horace (La Colombe) at the Guildhall School, Gonzalve (L'heure espagnole), Sailor (Dido and Aeneas) with the English Bach Festival, Lover (Il tabarro), Anfinomo (Il ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria), Mecurio (La Didone) and Mercury (The Judgement of Paris).

 

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