Finalist, Dunraven Young Welsh Singer of the Year (2015)

The Manning Prize for Tenors (2014)

Dunraven Young Welsh Singer of the Year (2019)

Dunraven Young Welsh Singer of the Year (2019)

The Dolan Evans Award (2016)

"...an eager and personable Lechmere, flirting delightfully with Katie Coventry's Kate Julian and displaying all the proper attributes" - Planet Hugill (2016)

"...Andrew Henley's lyrical Fenton" - Rian Evans, Opera (2016)

"Andrew Henley as a loveable skaterboy gardener Fenton" - Arts Scene In Wales (2016)

"Best of the cast was the tenor Andrew Henley who was immediately convincing as Lechmere, leaping atop a table and wielding a sabre with naïve gusto, to the alarm of Coyle and the other trainee recruits. Henley alone sang with consistently good diction, and displayed an appealing tone." - Clare Seymour, Opera (2016)

Andrew Henley, as [Owen's] friend Lechmere and sporting a ringing tenor voice, relished chopping off 'vile foreign heads' - ClassicalSource.com (2016)

"Andrew Henley makes a convincing job as the lead, with more than a hint of Benny Hill in his delivery" - South Wales Argus (2015)

"Andrew Henley's tenor sounded clear and strong" - Newbury Weekly News on Carissimi Jonas with Newbury Choral Society (2015)

"Henley sang well, and was a convincing shy introvert who was ready to break out of his mummy-shaped mould" - Seenandheard International (2015)

Hailing from Monmouth, Andrew studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and is a recent graduate of the National Opera Studio. He studies with Gary Coward, supported by the WNO Sir John Moores Award. He was with winner of the 2019 Dunraven Young Welsh Singer of the Year.

Roles at RWCMD included Fenton Falstaff, Albert Albert Herring and Schoolmaster The Cunning Little Vixen. Operatic engagements have included Tybalt Romeo and Juliet with Opéra de Lyon, Novice Billy Budd with the St. Endellion Festival, Lechmere Owen Wingrave with British Youth Opera, Major (cover) Patience with English Touring Opera, Kekikako Bataclan with West Green House, Christoph Kommilitonen! with Welsh National Youth Opera and excerpts of Rodolfo La Boheme with ROH Reimagined, in association with the Royal Opera, Covent Garden. 2019 engagements include Father Grenville Dead Man Walking with Welsh National Opera, Don Ottavio Don Giovanni with Clonter Opera and Heinrich der Schreiber Tannhäuser with the Stadttheater Klagenfurt.

Concert engagements have included Mendelssohn Elijah at Cadogan Hall with the City of London Sinfonia, an opera highlights concert with the WNO Orchestra conducted by Carlo Rizzi at BBC Hoddinot Hall, Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge with Nicola Rose as a supporting event for BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, Beethoven An die ferne Geliebte with Michael Pollock, Verdi Requiem at St. Paul's Covent Garden, Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, and Purcell The Fairy Queen, conducted by Nicholas McGegan, both with the CBSO at Birmingham Symphony Hall. Future concerts include Mozart Mass in C Minor in Wells Cathedral , and Verdi Requiem at Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Andrew is represented by Patrick Allen at Connaught Artists.

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