Biography

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Iestyn Morris made his ROH Covent Garden debut in 2015 in the title role of PETER PAN for Welsh National Opera; a role which earned him a nomination for ‘Best Male in an opera production’ in the Wales Theatre Awards 2016. After reading Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bristol, Iestyn went on to study Early Music (Mmus) and then Opera at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with Andrew Watts. In 2003 he became a Britten-Pears Young Artist. He was the 2005 winner of the Tracey Chadwell Award for contemporary song and 2006 winner of the Patricia Routledge National English Song Competition.
Operatic performances include *Pisandro*/*Human Frailty* IL RITORNO D’ULISSE and *Ferdinand* DUCHESS OF MALFI for **English National Opera**, *Pleasure* in Gerald Barry’s THE TRIUMPH OF BEAUTY AND DECEIT for **Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe**, *Ferdinand* in the new production of Torsten Rasch’s DUCHESS OF MALFI at **Städtische Theater Chemnitz***, Medoro* ORLANDO FURIOSO for **Theater Basel**, *Pisandro*/*L’Umana Fragilità* IL RITORNO D’ULISSE for **Staatstheater Nürnberg**, title role in the world premiere of Richard Ayres’ PETER PAN and the world premiere of Jennifer Walshe’s TACTICS for **Staatsoper Stuttgart**, HERCULES for **De Nederlandse Opera** in Amsterdam, the world premières of HOTEL DE PEKIN (the role of *Anzi*) and WAKE (*Tom Boxer*) for **Nationale Reisopera**, *Anzi* HOTEL DE PEKIN **Het Concertgebouw**, *Alessandro* TOLOMEO, *Spirit/Sorceress* DIDO AND AENEAS, *Shepherd* ORFEO and *Historicus* in Carissimi’s JEPHTE for English Touring Opera, *Troll Princess* EAST O’THE MOON & WEST O’THE SUN, *Peregrine* BOYS OF PARADISE for Tete-a-tete, *Cold Genius/ Cupid* KING ARTHUR for Spitalfields Music Festival, *Juror/Courtier* THE DEATH BY FIRE OF GIORDANO BRUNO for Heresy Records on tour in Ireland, the title role in the English language premiere of Jonathan Dove’s THE LITTLE GREEN SWALLOW for the GSM&D and *Max Labouchère* in Roger Scruton’s VIOLET for Guildhall
Theatre Opera.

In concert, Iestyn has appeared at Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Snape Maltings as well as various cities in Spain, France and Poland in repertoire including Handel MESSIAH, JUDAS MACCABEUS, ISRAEL IN EGYPT, JEPHTHA, Bach B MINOR MASS, ST JOHN PASSION, ST MATTHEW PASSION, Pergolesi STABAT MATER, Vivaldi STABAT MATER, Purcell THE FAIRY QUEEN, KING ARTHUR, COME YE SONS OF ART, Dove ARION AND THE DOLPHIN, Orff CARMINA BURANA, Bernstein CHICHESTER PSALMS with Netherlands Radio Orchestra (RFO), ESO Chamber Orchestra, The King’s Consort, Philharmonia Voices, the Galuppi Quartet and Bournemouth Bach Choir & Orchestra, under András Schiff, Michael Schonwandt, Ronald Corp, Lawrence Cummings and Richard Egarr among others. Iestyn is a visiting Professor of Voice at Alleyn’s School, he also gives recitals and regularly sings at Westminster Abbey and other major churches in and around the City of London.

Repertoire.

Opera.

Adès

The Exterminating Angel (Francisco)

Ayres

Peter Pan (Peter)

Benjamin

Written on Skin (Boy)

Britten

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon), Death in Venice (Apollo)

Cavalli

Erismena (Idraspe), La Callisto (Endimione)

Dove

Flight (Refugee), L’Augellino Belverde (Augellino), Pinocchio (Fox/Coachman)

Gluck

Orfeo ed Euridice (Orfeo)

Händel

Agrippina (Ottone), Ariodante (Polinesso), Orlando (Orlando), Giulio Cesare (Cesare/Tolomeo), Tolomeo (Tolomeo/Alessandro), Tamerlano (Tamerlano/Andronico), Hercules (Hyllus), Semele (Athamas), Xerxes (Arsamene)

Monteverdi

Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria (L’Umana Fragilità/Pisandro), L’Orfeo (Pastore/Speranza)

Mozart

Mitridate (Farnace)

Purcell

Dido and Aeneas (Spirit/Sorceress)

Raskatov

The Dog’s Heart (Pleasant voice/Vyazemska)

Rasch

The Duchess of Malfi (Ferdinand)

Vivaldi

Orlando furioso (Medoro)

Concert

Bach J.S.

Johannes Passion, Matthäus Passion, Messe in h-Moll, Weihnachts-Oratorium, Magnificat, Cantata Nos. BWV 54, 170

Bassani

Salve Regina

Bernstein

Chichester Psalms

Britten

Canticle II

Buxtehude

Jubilate Domino

Carissimi

Jephte

Dove

Arion and the Dolphin

Händel

Messiah, Saul, Jephtha, Israel in Egypt, Judas Maccabeas, Samson, Dixit Dominus, Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, Verschiedene Kantaten

Jeths

Hotel de Pekin

Monteverdi

Vespers

Orff

Carmina Burana

Pergolesi

Stabat Mater, Salve Regina

Purcell

Come ye sons of Art, Ode for St Cecilia’s day, Fairy Queen, King Arthur

Rasch

The Duchess of Malfi

Telemann

Various Cantatas

Vivaldi

Stabat Mater, Gloria, Cantata Nos. RV 671, 685, 686