DafyddJones

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  • Fellow
  • Tenor

About Dafydd

Welsh tenor Dafydd Jones is a recent graduate of the Royal College of Music International Opera Studio, where he studied with Nicky Spence and Caroline Dowdle.

He is currently a member of the Bayerische Staatsoper Opera Studio.

Operatic successes include the title role in Albert Herring for Opera North, Fenton Falstaff at the Verbier Festival, Clotarco in Haydn's Armida for the Bregenzer Festspiele and Pastore in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo for Garsington Opera as an Alvarez Young Artist.

In 2024, Dafydd won the Gold Medal in the final of the Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition at Wigmore Hall and the Royal College of Music's Lies Askonas Competition. He was awarded the Ferrier Loveday Song Prize in the finals of the 2023 Kathleen Ferrier Competition and, in the summer of 2021, Dafydd won the Prix Thierry Mermod at the Verbier Festival as a member of the Academy Atelier Lyrique.

Dafydd is based in Munich

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Keiron Cooke

Keiron Cooke

Associate Director

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Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt

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Season Highlights

Dec 2024 - Jan 2025
Bayerische Staatsoper
La Fille du régiment Ein Landmann
Jan 2025 - Feb 2025
Bayerische Staatsoper
Un ballo in maschera Diener Amelias
Mar 2025 - Mar 2025
Bayerische Staatsoper
Carmen Remendado
Mar 2025 - Mar 2025
Bayerische Staatsoper
Der Rosenkavalier Ein Tierhändler
Jul 2025 - Jul 2025
Bayerische Staatsoper
Pénélope Pisandre

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Selected Repertoire

Britten

Albert Herring (Albert Herring)

Haydn

Armida (Clotarco)

Monteverdi

L’Orfeo (Pastore)

Mozart

Don Giovanni (Don Ottavio)   •   The Magic Flute (Tamino)

Offenbach

Orpheus in the Underworld (Orpheus)

Puccini

La Fanciulla del West (Joe)

Ravel

L’Enfant et les sortileges (L’Arithmetique)

Respighi

La Bella Dormente nel Bosco (Il Principe)

Verdi

Falstaff (Fenton)

News

Press

  • Carmen (Remendado)

    Bayerische Staatsoper
    Mar 2025 - Mar 2025

    • Mit Yosif Slavov als Doncarlo, Dafydd Jones als Remendado, Seonwoo Lee als Frasquita und Xenia Puskarz Thomas sind die Zigeunernebenrollen gut besetzt.

    • El Zuniga de Roman Chabaranok resultó bastante pálido, mientras que Vitor Bispo (Moralès), Yosif Slavov (Dancaïre) y Dafydd Jones (Remendado) cumplieron dignamente su cometido.

  • Un ballo in maschera

    Bayerische Staatsoper
    Jan 2025 - Feb 2025

    • La qualità delle voci e l’abilità scenica di interpreti come Andrew Hamilton (Silvano), Bálint Szabó (Samuel), Roman Chabaranok (Tom), Tansel Akzeybek (Oberster Richter) e Dafydd Jones (Diener Amelias) hanno arricchito ulteriormente questa serata.

  • La fille du régiment

    Bayerische Staatsoper
    Dec 2024 - Jan 2025

    • Ottimi i personaggi di contorno: Martin Snell (Hortensius), Christian Rieger (un caporale), e Dafydd Jones (un paesano).

    • Les deux petits rôles du paysan (excellent Dafydd Jones au français parfait) et du caporal par Christian Rieger, pilier historique de la troupe de la Staatsoper montrent encore une fois que dans un grand théâtre, aucune faute de distribution n’est possible pour les rôles de complément.

    • Die Nebenrollen von Martin Snell als Hortensius, Christian Rieger als Korporal und Dafydd Jones als Landmann bereicherten La Fille du Régiment mit humorvollen Darbietungen.

  • Albert Herring

    Opera North

    • Dafydd Jones is the new Albert, making his debut with the company, and he made the role his own, with a voice that’s entirely on top of it and a repertoire of facial expressions for the reluctant good boy.

    • As Albert himself, Dafydd Jones makes an auspicious company debut, his glossy, high-lying tenor ideally placed for the role.

    • Dafydd Jones gets Herring’s awkwardness off to a tee as he confidently makes his debut with Opera North; he has a lovely mellow tone. He looked the part and communicated his predicament well, especially as he sat trembling before he was crowned.

    • Our unlikely hero was perfectly captured in Dafydd Jones’ performance….it was no surprise that his beautifully rounded, mellifluous tone proved ideal for this role.

    • Jones engaged and charmed

    • Dafydd Jones was an Albert anyone could root for: projecting flustered, wide-eyed decency and letting his tenor ring firm and clear as he finally asserts himself.

    • Dafydd Jones is a delight as Albert, giving vent to lyrical outbursts in contrast to his down-trodden manner and ending up as gleeful as he deserves.

    • excellently acted and sung by Dafydd Jones

  • Barnum’s Bird

    London
    Jun 2023 - Jun 2023

    • Tenor Dafydd Jones was robustly bombastic, resplendent in gold waistcoat, towering top hat and, later, ringmaster scarlet.

  • Orpheus in the Underworld

    Royal College of Music
    Nov 2022 - Nov 2022

    • Nattily attired in grey tails, tenor Dafydd Jones was amusing in the title role, saucily disappearing into his hut with his violin pupil, seemingly delighted by the death of his wife, and sulkily descending to the deep realms when reminded by the nagging Public Opinion of the need to live up to his reputation. Jones’ tenor is sweet and it charmed as much as Orpheus’ violin.