Iestyn Davies

After reading Archaeology and Anthropology at St John’s College, Cambridge, Iestyn Davies studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London.
An esteemed Handelian, he has delighted audiences globally with his vocal agility and supreme musicianship in roles such as Bertarido, Orlando, Rinaldo, Ottone Agrippina and David Saul. Committed also to contemporary music, his intelligent and considered interpretations have led to fruitful collaborations with Thomas Adés, George Benjamin and Nico Muhly.
Forthcoming engagements in 25/26 include Orpheus in Orpheus and Eurydice with Laurence Cummings and Opera Australia at the Edinburgh International Festival and in Australia, and with Bernard Labadie and the Canadian Opera Company; and Oberon A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Teatro Real Madrid and Deutsche Oper Berlin. He will return to Santa Fe Opera in the role of Bertarido Rodelinda conducted by Harry Bicket. Recital plans include a weekend residency at London's Wigmore Hall celebrating John Dowland's 400th anniversary.
On the opera stage, he has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera, New York; the Lyric Opera of Chicago; Teatro alla Scala Milan; the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; English National Opera; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Welsh National Opera; Teatro Real Madrid; Salzburg Festival and in Munich, Vienna, and Zurich. Recent appearances include Didymus Theodora and Arsace Partenope  in Madrid, David Saul at Glyndebourne, Ottone Agrippina  in Hamburg and Munich, Bertarido Rodelinda for the Metropolitan Opera, and Ottone L’incoronazione di Poppea in Versailles.
Concert engagements have included performances at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan with Dudamel, the Concertgebouw and Tonhalle with Koopman and at the Barbican, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Lincoln Centre, Carnegie Hall and at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall with orchestras that include the New York Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, English Concert, Britten Sinfonia, Concerto