Photo: Bill Knight
Ashley Mercer
Primary Skill:
Bass-Baritone
Nationality:
British
Country:
United Kingdom
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Languages (fluent):
English, German, French
Experience
Opera
Badger / Parson
The Cunning Little Vixen (Janáček)
Opera Holland Park
2021
Leporello
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Merry Opera Company
2020
Mr Bear
Peace At Last (Joanna Lee)
OperaUpClose
2019
Anténor
Dardanus (Rameau)
BaroqueStock Festival / Opera Vera
2019
Max Kane
Dinner at Eight (William Bolcom)
Wexford Festival Opera
2018
Der Einarmige
Die Frau ohne Schatten (Strauss, R)
Fulham Opera
2018
Un serviteur
Thaïs (Massenet)
Chelsea Opera Group
2018
Enrico
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti)
Fulham Opera
2017
Bass
Requiem (Verdi)
Merry Opera Company
2017
Badger / Parson / Harašta
The Cunning Little Vixen (Janáček)
Grimeborn Festival
2017
Music Master
Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss, R)
St John's Waterloo
2017
Colline
La bohème (Puccini)
Iford Arts
2017
Trio
Trouble in Tahiti (Bernstein)
Bloomsbury Opera
2017
Trio
Pacific Pleasures (Halay)
Bloomsbury Opera
2017
Chorus
The Exterminating Angel (Adès)
Salzburg Festival
2016
Luka
The Bear (Walton)
Wexford Festival Opera
2016
Korolev
Laika the Spacedog (Hepplewhite)
English Touring Opera
2016
Nick Shadow
The Rake's Progress (Stravinsky)
Complicite (workshops)
2016
Villains
The Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach)
English Touring Opera
2015
Hermann / Schlémil
The Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach)
English Touring Opera
2015
Badger / Parson
The Cunning Little Vixen (Janáček)
British Youth Opera
2015
Ernest Shackleton
Shackleton's Cat (Hepplewhite)
English Touring Opera
2015
German Soldier
Silent Night (Puts)
Wexford Festival Opera
2014
Harašta
The Cunning Little Vixen (Janáček)
Co-Opera Co
2014
An Officer
Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini)
Opera Holland Park
2014
Dottore / Barone
La traviata (Verdi)
Wexford Festival Shortworks
2013
Jupiter
Orpheus in the Underworld (Offenbach)
Trinity Laban Conservatoire
2013
Dr Craven
The Secret Garden (McNeff)
Banff Arts Centre
2012
Maestro Spinelloccio
Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
Fulham Opera
2012
Operetta/G&S
Pooh-Bah
The Mikado (Sullivan)
Merry Opera Company
2021
Pirate King
The Pirates of Penzance (Sullivan)
Merry Opera Company
2019
Musical Theatre
Blackbeard
Moonfleet (Hepplewhite)
Salisbury Playhouse
2018
Chorus
Bass
The Creation (Haydn)
Philharmonia Chorus
2018
Bass
The Dream of Gerontius (Elgar)
Philharmonia Chorus
2017
Bass
8th Symphony (Mahler)
Philharmonia Chorus
2017
Oratorio/Concerts
Bass Soloist
Requiem (Verdi)
Collegium Laureatum
2017
Bass soloist
Messiah (Handel)
Dei Gratia
2015
Chorus Bass
Christmas Oratorio (Bach)
BBC Singers
2015
Arias and Pilatus
St Matthew Passion (Bach)
Wetherby Choral Society
2014
Bass soloist
Petite Messe Solennelle (Rossini)
Beccles Choral Society
2013
Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled
Awards
Iford Arts New Generation Artist (2017)
Christine Collins Young Artist - Opera Holland Park (2014)
Paul Simm Opera Prize - Trinity Laban (2013)
Kathleen Roberts Scholarship - Trinity Laban (2012)
TCM Trust Scholarship - Trinity Laban (2011)
Education
MMus Voice
Trinity Laban Conservatoire
2011–2013
MRes Physics with Astrophysics
King's College London
2002–2006