“Nutrice was sung by counter-tenor Garreth Romain who managed to make the small role into something more…” Robert Hugill 2025 Planet Hugill https://www.planethugill.com/2025/11/youthful-engaging-with-relish-for-text.html (2025)

"(a fabulously catty Cupid)" - Miles Hedley 2023 The Greenwich Visitor https://www.thegreenwichvisitorblog.com/post/semele-at-blackheath-halls (2023)

Garreth Romain is a British countertenor from Bradford, West Yorkshire and a recent Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance graduate. There, he was awarded the Kathleen Roberts Vocal Scholarship, Finzi Trust and the Wilfred Greenhouse Allt Prize for Oratorio and Cantata. Previous roles for Trinity Laban Opera Scenes include Athamas in Händel's Semele, Hamor in Händel's Jephtha and Cherubino in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. He studied classical voice under the tutelage of tenor, Dominic Natoli. Since leaving Trinity Laban, Garreth has worked with Blackheath Halls Opera, Random Opera Company and HGO for operatic performances. He is now under the tutelage of internationally renowned countertenor, Andrew Watts, with the addition of vocal coaching sessions with Sean Jay (Countertenor and London-based vocal coach), James Halliday (Artistic advisor of the Monteverdi Choir) and Daniel Collins (Countertenor and current member of The Sixteen).

Garreth began his singing career as a chorister and lay clerk at Bradford Cathedral, touring Canada, Germany, Spain, and various venues in the UK. He also attended the Junior School at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), Manchester, taking lessons in piano, voice, musicianship, and composition and performing with the Junior RNCM vocal ensemble. Garreth continues his choral work with Chienke! Voices, The Philharmonia Chorus and The Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir, obtaining his 22nd year of singing experience. He has also previously worked with Electric Voice Theatre.

In 2013, Garreth began his BMus (Hons) at the University of Huddersfield, specialising in classical piano under the tuition of Joan Dixon. There, he created an acapella group named ‘The Ragtag Bunch of Misfits’ and sang in Huddersfield University’s Choir and Chamber Choir.

During a gap year, Garreth became a choral scholar at St Anne’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, Leeds, and a lay clerk at Wakefield Cathedral, continuing his choral scholarship while studying at The University of Leeds. Whilst studying there, he specialised in classical voice under tenor, Austin Gunn. Also, he joined the Leeds University Union Music Society (LUUMS) Symphonic Choir to sing ‘Esurientes’ from J. S. Bach’s Magnificat BWV 243 and ‘Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris’ from Vivaldi’s Gloria RV 589. Garreth also had the privilege of performing the UK premiere of Juliana Hall’s song-cycle for countertenor and piano, O Mistress Mine.

Other highlights of his career to date include participating in the BBC One television Broadcasts of Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve and the Queen's Platinum Jubilee special of Songs of Praise. Also, several Radio 4 Broadcasts for Sunday Worship. Garreth also joined Leeds University Union Opera Society (LUU OperaSoc) where he took part in the productions of Mack the Knife (Tiger Brown) and Gilbert and Sullivan’s Princess Ida (King Gama).

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