Robert Glyndwr Garland

Chorus Member

Baritone Robert Garland is an International Opera Awards Young Artist and a previous recipient of the MOCSA Young Welsh Singer of the Year Award.
His operatic roles include Samuel in Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance” (Opera Holland Park), Rip in Planquette’s “Rip Van Winkle” (Gothic Opera), Don Giovanni cover and Baron Douphol in “Don Giovanni” and “La traviata” (Nevill Holt Opera), Aeneas in Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” (Kentish Opera), Krušina in Smetana’s “The Bartered Bride” for Garsington Opera, Ibn Hakia in Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta”, Tarquinius in “The Rape of Lucretia” (scenes), the Steward in Dove’s “Flight”, Masetto in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”, Herr Peachum in Weill’s “Die Dreigroschenoper” and John Styx in Offenbach’s “Orphée aux enfers” (Royal Academy Opera).

His professional chorus work includes English National Opera, Grange Park Opera, Grange Festival Opera, Opera Holland Park and Opéra de Lyon, performing in repertoire ranging from “Peter Grimes”, “Die tote Stadt” and “La Gioconda” to “Fanciulla del West”, “Otello” and “Carmen”.

As a concert soloist, Robert has appeared in Cadogan Hall, the Royal Albert Hall, St John’s Smith Square and St Martin in the Fields. Recent performances include Handel’s “Messiah” with the Britten Sinfonia and Brahms’ “Ein Deutsches Requiem” with the London Philharmonic Choir.

Robert trained at the Royal Academy of Music, completing both the Opera Course Advanced Diploma and the Master of Arts with Distinction under Mark Wildman, following undergraduate studies at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

Last updated: December 2025