“Gareth Brynmor John, sounding lustrous, made an animated, nervy Donner”

Gareth Brynmor John

Baritone

Gareth Brynmor John is the 2013 winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Award. He studied at St John’s College, Cambridge and the Royal Academy of Music where, in his final year, he won the Royal Academy of Music Patrons’ Award. He then studied at the National Opera Studio where he was supported by the Royal Opera House.

Upcoming events

  • Papageno, The Magic Flute

    June, July and September 2024

    Gareth joins Wild Arts for their new production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute,
    directed by James Hurley, with a dream cast and chamber orchestra.

    Performances across the UK and Germany

  • London Song Festival

    Friday, 21 June 2024, 7pm

    “Ships and the Sea”

    This programme, devised by Nigel Foster, celebrates the centenary of the first Shipping Forecast to be broadcast on British radio.

  • Gareth Brynmor John’s clarity, warmth and even spread held us gripped from the beginning.

    Geoff Brown, The Times

  • In Ismeron’s invocation of the god of dreams Gareth Brynmor John managed to unite music and drama with his vocal power and stage presence

    Graeme Feggetter, Opera, January 2020

  • He produced a consistently clear vocal line too. It’s a big voice, and a warm one, with a very full, rich sound

    Claire Seymour, Opera Today