Tenor
Toby Spence
The Flying DutchmanBiography
This is Toby Spence’s first appearance with Irish National Opera. He has sung at the Royal Opera House London, Metropolitan Opera New York, Wiener Staatsoper, Opéra National de Paris, Bayerische Staatsoper, English National Opera, Teatro Real, Madrid, Liceu, Barcelona, San Francisco Opera, Theater an der Wien, and the Hamburg Staatsoper, as well as at the Salzburg, Aix-en-Provence and Edinburgh festivals.
Recent operatic engagements include his role debuts as Erik in Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer for Teatro la Fenice, Alonso in Britten’s The Tempest for Teatro alla Scala and Wiener Staatsoper, the title role in Wagner’s Parsifal for Opera North, and Alwa in Berg’s Lulu for La Monnaie Brussels. Plans for the 2024/25 season include performances of Der Mönch in Schoenberg’s Die Jakobsleiter with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra.
On the concert platform, Toby will perform Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at the Royal Albert Hall, Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings with Ben Goldscheider and Fantasia Orchestra, and Handel's Messiah with the Hallé Orchestra.
February 2025