Tenor

Andrew Masterson

Rigoletto

Biography

Andrew Masterson is a Lyric Tenor from Omagh and a current member of Irish National Opera’s Company Chorus. He is an alumnus of the Royal Northern College
of Music, and graduated with distinction in both his Masters and Postgraduate Diploma. Andrew’s desire to pursue a career in vocal music came from his Bachelor of Music degree at Queen’s University Belfast. This is his third role with Irish National Opera, having performed Landlord in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier and Second Jew in Strauss’s Salome. Andrew has performed in many prestigious venues including the Royal Albert Hall, London, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Grieghallen (Bergen, Norway), Oslo Opera House and Usher Hall, Edinburgh. He is a guest tenor in the Edvard Grieg Vokalensemble, which performed in the 2023 BBC Proms with the London Philharmonic, conducted by Edward Gardner. He has been a soloist and chorus singer with Buxton International Festival, Wexford Festival Opera and Bergen Nasjonale Opera. In 2023 he became the latest recipient of the Young Musician’s Platform Award, supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

November 2024.