
Tenor
William Pearson
FledermausBiography
William joined Irish National Opera as a member of the company chorus in 2022, and made his INO debut as the Major Domo in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, before joining INO Studio in 2023-24. A graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, he completed his MA in Opera Performance along with his BMus (Hons) in Music Performance there, under the tutelage of Adrian Thompson.
William has performed roles including Ferrando in Mozart's Così fan tutte, Quint in Britten's The Turn of the Screw, the Mayor in Britten's Albert Herring, Don Ottavio in Mozart's Don Giovanni, Count Almaviva in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia and Don Basilio in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro. William is also an avid oratorio singer, performing Mozart’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Handel’s Messiah and Bach’s St. Matthew Passion.
February 2025