John Upperton
Languages (fluent):
English, Italian, German, French, Czech, Greek
Agent:
Hancock Artists
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Experience
Opera
Laca
Jenůfa (Janáček)
Midsummer Opera
2023
Prunier
La Rondine (Puccini)
Midsummer Opera
2023
Jeník
The Bartered Bride (Smetana)
Midsummer Opera
2022
Walther
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner)
Independent
2022
Harry Collins
Take Care (Finch)
University of Nottingham
2022
Tannhäuser
Tannhäuser (Wagner)
Midsummer Opera
2022
Mime
Das Rheingold (Wagner)
Gafa Arts
2021
Mime
Siegfried (Wagner)
Gafa Arts
2021
Tristan
Tristan und Isolde (Wagner)
Midsummer Opera
2021
Chénier
Andrea Chénier (Giordano)
Midsummer Opera
2019
Macbeth
The Thane and his Wife (Jacob Bride)
Bradstow Symphony Orchestra
2018
Harry Benn
The Boatswain’s Mate (Ethel Smyth)
Spectra Ensemble - Grimeborne
2018
Count Rodolfo
Luisa Miller (Verdi)
Midsummer Opera
2018
Macduff
Macbeth (Verdi)
Midsummer Opera
2018
Siegfried
Gotterdammerung (Wagner)
Norsk Opera and Ballet
2018
Siegfried
Siegfried (Wagner)
Saffron Opera Group
2017
Radames
Aida (Verdi)
English National Opera.
2017
Enzo
La Gioconda (Ponchielli)
Midsummer Opera
2017
Canio
I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)
Independent
2017
Siegfried
Gotterdammerung (Wagner)
Independent
2016
Don Ottavio
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Midsummer Opera
2016
Siegfried
Siegfried (Wagner)
Independent.
2015
Riccardo
Un ballo in maschera (Verdi)
Midsummer Opera
2015
Hermann
The Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky)
English National Opera
2015
Apollo
Daphne (Strauss, R)
Opera at Home, Arcola Theatre
2015
Cavaradossi
Tosca (Puccini)
Midsummer Opera
2015
Siegfried
Siegfried (Wagner)
Independent
2015
Lazarus
The Gospel according to the other Mary (Adams)
English National Opera
2014
Tito
La clemenza di Tito (Mozart)
Midsummer Opera
2014
Énée
Les Troyens (Berlioz)
Independent
2014
Dick Johnson
La fanciulla del West (Puccini)
Midsummer Opera
2014
Siegmund
Die Walküre (Wagner)
Bromley Symphony Orchestra
2014
Pinkerton
Madama Butterfly (Puccini)
Lambeth Orchestra
2014
Otello
Otello (Verdi)
Midsummer Opera
2013
Werther
Werther (Massenet)
Midsummer Opera
2013
Boris
Káťa Kabanová (Janáček)
Independent
2013
Bacchus
Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss, R)
Independent
2013
Florestan
Fidelio (Beethoven)
Midsummer Opera
2012
Rodolfo
La Boheme (Puccini)
Lambeth Orchestra
2012
Idomeneo
Idomeneo (Mozart)
Midsummer Opera
2011
Walter
The Passenger (Weinberg)
English National Opera
2011
Aschenbach
Death in Venice (Britten)
Independent
2011
Tannhäuser
Tannhäuser (Wagner)
Northern Wagner Orchestra
2011
Peter Grimes
Peter Grimes (Britten)
Independent
2011
Siegfried
Götterdämmerung (extracts) (Wagner)
Midsummer Opera
2011
Carlos
Don Carlos (Verdi)
Midsummer Opera
2010
Tristan
Tristan und Isolde (Act II, plus Liebestod) (Wagner)
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra
2010
Gregor
The Makropulos Affair (Janáček)
English National Opera
2010
Max
Der Freischütz (Weber)
Midsummer Opera
2010
Lohengrin
Lohengrin (Wagner)
Wagner Society
2009
Panas
Cherevichki (Tchaikovsky)
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
2009
Gherardo
Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
2009
Macduff
Macbeth (Verdi)
St James', Piccadilly
2009
Edgardo
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti)
Midsummer Opera
2009
Radamès
Aida (Verdi)
Midsummer Opera
2008
Pollione
Norma (Bellini)
Midsummer Opera
2008
Calaf
Turandot (Puccini)
Midsummer Opera
2007
Chairman Mao
Nixon in China (Adams)
Independent
2006
Herod
Salome (Strauss, R)
English National Opera
2005
Dom Antonio
Dom Sébastien (Donizetti)
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
2005
Mime
Der Ring des Nibelungen (Wagner)
English National Opera
2004
Pirro
Ermione (Rossini)
Chelsea Opera Group
2004
Jaquino
Fidelio (Beethoven)
Birmingham Opera Company
2002
Rodrigo
La Donna del Lago (Rossini)
Midsummer Opera
2000
Il Duca di Mantova
Rigoletto (Verdi)
Opera Holland Park
1999
Operetta/G&S
Danilo
The Merry Widow (Lehár)
Buxton G&S Festival
2013
Oratorio/Concerts
Tenor
Winterreise (Schubert)
Independent
2020
Main Tenor Soloist
Das Lied von der Erde (Mahler)
Lambeth Orchestra.
2011
Gerontius
The Dream Of Gerontius (Elgar)
Royal Orchestral Society. St John's, Smith Square.
2015
Main Tenor Soloist
Das Lied von der Erde (Mahler)
Bromley Symphony Orchestra
2017
Janiček
Zápisník Zmizelého (Janáček)
Purcell Room
1999
Main Tenor Soloist
Otče náš (Janáček)
Many times with many companies
Main Tenor Soloist
Missa Solemnis (Beethoven)
Many times with many companies
Main Tenor Soloist
Requiem (Verdi)
Many times with many companies
Main Tenor Soloist
9th Choral Symphony (Beethoven)
Many times with many companies
Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled