​"The dialogue of Papageno the birdcatcher-turned-theatre technician, played with subtle comic timing by René Bloice-Sanders, is a particular highlight" - Clementine Scott (Broadway World) (2022)

"As the principal role, René fully engaged the audience with his shameless stares and smirks, performing very funnily alongside his brilliant, almost unceasingly merry henchman, bass-baritone Giles Davis." - Jenni Balow (The Cornishman) (2022)

"Snapping at their heels for our attention is a honey-toned and remarkably lovable Papageno from René Bloice-Sanders, whose laddish disconnection from the artistic crises around him provides welcome contrast." - Charlotte Valori (Theatre Cat) (2022)

"The cast, especially René Bloice-Sanders and the Three Ladies, play its most hyperbolic moments with a knowing deadpan." - Clementine Scott (Broadway World) (2022)

"René Bloice-Sanders was a fine Onegin, a remote aristocrat in the early scenes and gentler than is sometimes the case with the gushing Tatiana, however in the final scene his constant physical assault on Tatiana was uncomfortable to watch." - Camilla Lake (Hastings Observer) (2018)

"René Bloice-Sanders is outstanding as Figaro, imbuing the character with an irrepressible spark of mischief and singing with gusto and panache." - Nicola Lisle (Oxford Times) (2015)

"René Bloice-Sanders is outstanding as Figaro. Bloice-Sanders – his eyes twinkling knowingly and his moustache twirling confidently – sings his famous first number so freshly that you feel you’re hearing it for the first time. His intonation and timing are highly accomplished and he’s no mean actor, especially when he catches the audience’s eye with a knowing look." - Susan Elkin (2015)

"Bloice-Sanders displayed lovely tone and power...Orfeo's despair and ensuing fortitude in the face of the challenge from Charon were rendered superbly" - David Karlin (Bachtrack) (2012)

"I particularly loved Orfeo's lament towards the end of the opera: Bloice-Sanders sung it with power and dignity" - David Karlin (Bachtrack) (2012)

René’s vocal training began in Canterbury Cathedral Choir and he joined the National Youth Choir of Great Britain in 2004. In 2010 he graduated from The University of Nottingham with a BA (Hons) and received a Distinction for his Masters in Vocal Studies at the Royal Academy of Music in 2013. There he studied under the tutelage of Ryland Davies and Audrey Hyland and received the Nora Carstairs Bland Award 2012/2013. Working professionally in London and around the UK, René now studies with David Barrell.

On the operatic stage René proudly reached the semi-final of the inaugural 2019 Opera: By Voice Alone competition and has performed the roles of Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Raimbaud (Le Comte Ory), Eugene Onegin (Eugene Onegin), Marcello (La Bohème), Belcore (L’elisir d’amore), Morales/Dancairo (Carmen), Larkens (La Fanciulla del West), Marco (Gianni Schicchi), Salieri (Mozart and Salieri), Orfeo (L’Orfeo), Malatesta (Don Pasquale), Baron Douphol (La Traviata), Valet II (Don Quichotte) and has worked with companies such as The Grange Festival, Garsington Opera Festival, Wexford Festival Opera, Opera Holland Park, Iford Opera and Opera South East.

Most recently René took on the role of Il Conte in Debut Classical’s concert performance of Le Nozze di Figaro and performed the roles of Ramiro in Ravel’s L’heure Espagnol with Opera Alegria, Marcello in Puccini’s La Bohème and Barone Douphol in Verdi’s La Traviata. Coming up he will perform the bass solos in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and Mozart’s Coronation Mass.

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