William Dazeley

William Dazeley’s current engagements include FLÉVILLE Andrea Chénier Royal Opera House Covent Garden, MUSIKLEHRER Ariadne auf Naxos Opéra de Rouen, JOHANN Werther Baden-Baden, ALONSO in Anthony Bolton’s Island of Dreams Grange Park Opera, MR GEDGE Albert Herring Opera North, and MUSIKLEHRER Ariadne auf Naxos, and KRUSINA The Bartered Bride Garsington Opera.

Recent projects include STARVELING A Midsummer Night’s Dream Opéra de Rouen, Like Flesh Opéra de Lille, Opéra de Montpellier and Opéra de Nancy, ELVIRO Serse The English Concert, MUSIKLEHRER Ariadne auf Naxos Opéra de Montpellier, DON ALFONSO Così fan tutte Royal Danish Opera, MARCELLO La Bohème and FATHER Hansel and Gretel Grange Park Opera, and COUNT Capriccio Garsington Opera.

Past roles have included MARCELLO La Bohème, Guglielmo Così fan tutte, YELETSKY Queen of Spades, MERCUTIO Romeo et Juliette, FIGARO Il Barbiere di Siviglia Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, PAPAGENO The Magic Flute English National Opera, ALFONSO Così fan tutte, YELETSKY Eugene Onegin, Don Giovanni (title), POSA Don Carlos, DANILO The Merry Widow, Opera North, COUNT Le Nozze di Figaro Welsh National Opera, HARASTA Cunning Little Vixen, STARVELING A Midsummer Night’s Dream Glyndebourne Festival, CLAUDIUS Hamlet, COUNT Figaro, FIGARO Barbiere, Owen Wingrave (title), PANDOLFE Cendrillon, CLAUDIUS in Brett Dean’s Hamlet Glyndebourne on Tour, COUNT Figaro, Don Giovanni (title) Deutsche Oper Berlin, and DR FAUST Salzburg Festival and Théâtre du Châtelet. World premières include PROSECUTOR in Mark Grey’s Frankenstein Frankenstein La Monnaie, JESUS in Birtwistle’s The Last Supper Staatsoper Berlin, and Glyndebourne Festival, and Hosokawa’s Hanjo Aix-en-Provence Festival and Théâtre de la Monnaie.

William has given recital performances at Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, Théâtre du Châtelet, and the Aix-en-Provence and Saintes Festivals. In concert he sang with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfonica de Barcelona, Monteverdi Orchestra, Royal Flanders Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Ulster Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre du Capitole, Sydney Symphony Orchestra. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Aspen Festival, London Symphony Orchestra, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Monteverdi Choir, Mozarteumorchester Salzburg. at Casa da Musica and Cadogan Hall.

William studied at the Jesus College, Cambridge and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.