Biography
Born in Kent, Henry Waddington studied at the Royal Northern College of Music with Barbara Robotham, and he made his operatic debut there as Bottom in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a role he reprised for Opera North in the 2013/14 season. He joined Glyndebourne Touring Opera in 1992, singing the role of The Madhouse Keeper in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, a role he repeated with Glyndebourne Festival in 1994. Other roles for Glyndebourne have included Stage Hand/ The Makropoulos Case, Antonio/The Marriage of Figaro, Graf Lamoral /Arabella, Major Domo and La Roche (cover)/Capriccio, Quince /A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Valens/Theodora, Don Fernando/Fidelio, Christus / Bach St Matthew Passion and the title role in Saul/Handel. For Glyndebourne on Tour he has sung Colline/La Bohème
Performance credits
Upcoming performances Today Onwards
Past performances 1992 — Yesterday
Featured past performances
Upcoming performances
32Platée (Platea), Rameau
Garsington OperaCithéron + 1 roles
View cast and crewUn giorno di regno (King for a Day), Verdi
Garsington OperaIl barone di Kelbar (The Baron di Kelbar)
View cast and crewSat18:00
Buckinghamshire, United KingdomPlatée (Platea), Rameau
Garsington OperaCithéron + 1 roles
View cast and crewSun17:35
Buckinghamshire, United KingdomUn giorno di regno (King for a Day), Verdi
Garsington OperaIl barone di Kelbar (The Baron di Kelbar)
View cast and crewMon18:00
Buckinghamshire, United KingdomFri18:00
Buckinghamshire, United KingdomGarsington Opera: Gala Concert, BeethovenBrittenDvořákMozartRossiniSmetanaStraussTchaikovsky, P. I.VerdiHändel
Philharmonia OrchestraSoloist
View program, cast and crewUn giorno di regno (King for a Day), Verdi
Garsington OperaIl barone di Kelbar (The Baron di Kelbar)
View cast and crewA Midsummer Night's Dream, Britten
Opera NorthBottom
View cast and crewSat19:00
Leeds, United KingdomSat19:00
Leeds, United KingdomThu19:00
Leeds, United KingdomA Midsummer Night's Dream, Britten
Opera NorthBottom
View cast and crewThu18:00
Leeds, United KingdomFri19:00
Leeds, United KingdomSat19:30
Leeds, United KingdomSat14:30
Leeds, United KingdomA Midsummer Night's Dream, Britten
Opera NorthBottom
View cast and crewWed19:00
Newcastle-on-Tyne, United KingdomThu19:00
Newcastle-on-Tyne, United KingdomA Midsummer Night's Dream, Britten
Opera NorthBottom
View cast and crewWed19:00
Salford Quays, United KingdomThu19:00
Salford Quays, United KingdomA Midsummer Night's Dream, Britten
Opera NorthBottom
View cast and crewWed19:00
Nottingham, United KingdomThu19:00
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Biography
Born in Kent, Henry Waddington studied at the Royal Northern College of Music with Barbara Robotham, and he made his operatic debut there as Bottom in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a role he reprised for Opera North in the 2013/14 season. He joined Glyndebourne Touring Opera in 1992, singing the role of The Madhouse Keeper in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, a role he repeated with Glyndebourne Festival in 1994. Other roles for Glyndebourne have included Stage Hand/ The Makropoulos Case, Antonio/The Marriage of Figaro, Graf Lamoral /Arabella, Major Domo and La Roche (cover)/Capriccio, Quince /A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Valens/Theodora, Don Fernando/Fidelio, Christus / Bach St Matthew Passion and the title role in Saul/Handel. For Glyndebourne on Tour he has sung Colline/La Bohème
