| Biography | British baritone Dominic Sedgwick joined the prestigious Jette Parker Young Artist Programme at the Royal Opera from September 2017, having recently graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Dramas Opera School where he studied with Robert Dean. He previously read Theology at Clare College, Cambridge.
His roles for the Royal Opera in 2017/18 include his ROH debut as Marullo Rigoletto; Second Nazarene Salome; Moralès in Barrie Kosky's new production of Carmen and Third Ghost Child Coraline (Mark-Anthony Turnage/world premiere at the Barbican Theatre). In July 2018 he will perform in the annual JPYAP Showcase on the ROH stage.
During his studies, Dominic was a Samling Artist, a Britten Pears Young Artist, an inaugural Drake Calleja Scholar and a recipient of awards from the Help Musicians UK Tutton Awards, the Countess of Munster Trust and the Kathleen Trust. He joined the Glyndebourne Chorus in 2017, also preforming Floras Servant La Traviata and Harlequin (cover) Ariadne auf Naxos, and in March 2017 he created the role of Damyan in the world premiere Julian Philips The Tale of Januarie for GSMD. Other roles include Duke Robert Iolanta, Junius The Rape of Lucretia - both for GSMD Opera; the title role in Owen Wingrave for British Youth Opera at the Peacocke Theatre; Falke Die Fledermaus for Opera Danube and Papageno Die Zauberflöte as a Longborough Festival Young Artist.
Competition successes include the Audience Prize as a finalist of the inaugural Grange Festival International Competition 2017, winning the Three Choirs Felicity Lott Competition, finalist in the Stuart Burrows International Voice Award and semi-finalist at the 2017 Ferrier Awards. Concert highlights include Webers Oberon (Scharasmin), Mozart Mass in C Minor and a recital of Debussy Song for the LSO Guildhall Artist Platform - all at the Barbican Hall; St. Matthew Passion in Bristols Colston Hall with Adrian Partington; St. John Passion with the London Handel Orchestra and concerts for the Three Choirs Festival, St. Johns Smith Square and the London Song Festival. |