Niall Anderson

Originally from Fife, Niall Anderson has recently graduated from the Académie at the Opéra National de Paris. He began his vocal studies at the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied with Glenville Hargreaves and Jonathan Papp.

He was a soloist in the RAM/Kohn Bach Cantata Series, performing with the Song Circle on numerous occasions and winning the 2019 Pavarotti Prize. His roles have included Escamillo in La Tragédie de Carmen, Collatinus in The Rape of Lucretia, Somnus in Semele, Harašta in The Cunning Little Vixen, Le Philosphe in Chérubin, Speaker in Die Zauberflöte, Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas and Bertrand in Iolanta

A keen performer of new music, he has premiered works by Thomas Lavoy and was Soloist in the Welsh première of Paul Mealor’s Symphony No.1, Passiontide. His concert engagements have further included performances at Salisbury Cathedral, Wells Cathedral and London’s Wigmore Hall, his repertoire including Haydn’s Nelson Mass, Mozart’s Requiem and Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle

Engagements during 2021/2022 include Krzysztof Warlikowski’s production of Bernstein’s A quiet place at the Palais Garnier, to be conducted by Kent Nagano, as well as Ballades du Nord, Classiques Américains and Concert de fêtes at the Amphithéâtre Olivier Messiaen – Opera Bastille. Engagements in 2022 / 2023 currently include Second Priest / Second Armed Man in Die Zauberflöte for the Opéra national de Paris and Allazim in Zaide for Angers Nantes Opera.

This is his debut with Opera Rara.