Grant Doyle - baritone
Born in Adelaide, Grant Doyle completed his studies at the Royal College of Music in London, subsequently joining the Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
His roles for the ROH include Tarquinius The Rape of Lucretia, Harlequin Ariadne auf Naxos, Schaunard, Bello La Fanciulla del West, Demetrius A Midsummer's Night Dream, Morales Carmen, Steersman Tristan und Isolde, Marullo Rigoletto, Rolla I Masnadieri, Imperial Commissioner Madama Butterfly, Huntsman Rusalka and Narrator in Dominique LeGendre’s Bird of Night.
Other appearances in Europe include his debut at the Teatro Real in Madrid as Der Einäugige Die Frau ohne Schatten and later Demetrius. Last year he made his debut with Opera North as Sasha Paradise Moscow returning to sing Albert Werther and Robin Oakapple/Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd in the acclaimed production of Ruddigore, and he recently sung Apparition of a Poet The Adventures of Mr Broucek for Scottish Opera and Count Le nozze di Figaro for Garsington Opera. He has also sung Marcello La Boheme for Raymond Gubbay at the Royal Albert Hall. Schaunard for Glyndebourne on Tour and Frederic Lakme and Marcello La Boheme for Opera Holland Park.
In his native Australia, Grant has appeared as the Count Le nozze di Figaro and Pooh-Bah The Mikado for State Opera of South Australia and Yamadori Madama Butterfly for Opera Australia. He sang King Phillip II in Isaac Nathan's ballad opera Don John of Austria especially orchestrated by Sir Charles Mackerras for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and recorded by the ABC.
He played the lead role in the Channel 4/ABC film of The Eternity Man, which won the 2009 Rose d’Or Award for Best Performing Arts programme; he also recorded the Forester for the BBC animated film of The Cunning Little Vixen with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Kent Nagano as well as creating the role of Carlo in Judith Weir’s opera Armida for Channel 4 TV.
As a busy concert soloist, Grant Doyle performed with the Australia Ballet in the Australian tour of Carmina Burana/Fauré Requiem. He has since sung Carmina Burana with the Bach Choir at the Royal Festival Hall, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Daniele Gatti, Ulster Orchestra and for Raymond Gubbay at the Royal Albert Hall. Other performances include Fauré Requiem (Hallé Orchestra), Judas Maccabeus (King’s Lynn Festival), Janacek’s Glagolitic Mass (Philharmonia/Brighton Festival), Brahms German Requiem with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and with the Bach Choir/Philharmonia at the Cheltenham Festival and Westminster Cathedral, Britten’s War Requiem (Hertfordshire Chorus and Huddersfield Choral Society), A Child of Our Time (Crouch End Festival Chorus/Barbican), Christus St John Passion (Irish Chamber Orchestra), and Messiah with the Royal Choral Society at the Royal Albert Hall.
Other roles include the title roles in Britten’s Owen Wingrave, Mozart's Don Giovanni and Thomas' Hamlet, Papageno Die Zauberflote, Silvio I Pagliacci, Escamillo Carmen, Frank/Fritz Die tote Stadt, Figaro Barber of Seville, Dandini Cenerentola, Belcore L'elisir d'amore, Sid Albert Herring, and Nathan in Nicholas Maw’s Sophie’s Choice.
Future engagements include title role in The Fantastic Mr Fox (Opera Holland Park), Billy in the world premiere of Turnage’s Anna Nicole (ROH), Ned Keene Peter Grimes (Las Palmas) and Zurga Les pêcheurs de perles and Starbuck in Jake Heggie’s Moby-Dick (Adelaide).