Glen Cunningham
Tenor

Glen Cunningham, 

Tenor from the Highlands of Scotland.

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This season, Glens makes his house debut at the Grand Théâtre de Genève where he will sing 6 roles: Adrian in Frank Martin's 'La Tempête', Don Basilio & Don Curzio in Mozart's 'Le Nozze di Figaro', Trin in Puccini's 'La Fanciulla de West', and the Governor & Vanderdendur in Bernstein's 'Candide'. He will also make his house and role debuts at Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur singing Ein Hirt & Ein Junger Seemann in Wagner's 'Tristan und Isolde'. 

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Last season 2025/26 season include his debut in Japan as Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, Gabriel in the world premiere of Hagar with the Nederlandse Reisopera, and performances as First Judge in Das Wunder der Heliane and Don Basilio in Le nozze di Figaro, both at the Opéra National du Rhin in Strasbourg.

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During the 2024/25 season, Glen performed the title role in Albert Herring at Scottish Opera, appearing at the Lammermuir Festival as well as in Glasgow and Edinburgh. He reprised the role of Nick in The Handmaid’s Tale at Theater Freiburg, made his Swiss debut as Snout in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Opéra de Lausanne, and returned to the Opéra National du Rhin as Beadle Bamford in Sweeney Todd. Additionally, he was featured as the tenor soloist in Mozart’s Mass in C minor with the Orchestre National de Mulhouse. This season also saw recital performances alongside Stéphane Degout in Strasbourg, London, and Paris, as well as the worldwide release of his debut song album, My Heart’s in the Highlands, accompanied by Anna Tilbrook on Delphian Records.

 
Glen recently performed roles including L'ombre d'un poète Guercœur, Der Schreiber in Der Schatzgräber and the Governor in Candide at Opéra national du Rhin. Whilst singing the Governor, he jumped in to the title role of Candide for two performances and was hailed as ‘the revelation of the night without contest’ by Forum Opera. He also performed roles including Francis Flute A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Lord Dramaleigh Utopia Limited at Scottish Opera and made his German debut at Theater Freiburg in the role of Nick The Handmaid’s Tale in the German Premiere of the opera. Glen was featured on the world premiere recording of Jonathan Sheffer’s Four Ten-Minute Operas with the RNSO, released in March 2023. 

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Glen is a graduate of the Royal College of Music’s Opera Studio and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Glen was a Scottish Opera Emerging Artist 2021/2022 and a member of the Opéra Studio at Opéra national du Rhin 2022/24.

 

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Operatic experience includes;

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Don Basilio Le nozze di Figaro (Opéra National du Rhin); First Judge in Das Wunder der Heliane (Opéra National du Rhin); Gabriel in the world premiere of Hagar (Nederlandse Reisopera); Francis Flute in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream (Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival); Beadle Bamford, Sweeney Todd (Opéra National du Rhin); Snout in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream (Opéra de Lausanne); Albert Herring, title role in Britten's opera (Scottish Opera); Nick in The Handmaid’s Tale by Poul Ruders (Theater Freiburg); L'ombre d'un poète in Guercoeur by Albéric Magnard (Opéra national du Rhin); Candide and Governor in Candide (Opéra national du Rhin); Der Schreiber in Der Schatzgräber (Opéra national du Rhin); cover La Couf in Les Mamelles de Tirésias (Glydnebourne); cover Don Curzio in Le Nozze di Figaro (Glyndebourne); Francis Flute in Britten's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Scottish Opera). February 2022. Lord Dramaleigh in G&S Utopia Limited (Scottish Opera) October 2021 & March 2022. Cover of Marco in G&S The Gondoliers (Scottish Opera) October 2021 & March 2022. Italian Tenor in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier (Garsington Opera) June 2021. Faninals Haushofmeister in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier (Garsington Opera) Summer 2021. Gonzalve in Ravel’s “L’heure Espagnole” (Royal College of Music) March 2020. Ecclitico in Haydn’s “Il mondo della luna” (Royal College of Music) November 2019. Cover of Don Ottavio in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” (Garsington Opera) Summer 2019. Robinson Crusoe in Offenbach’s “Robinson Crusoe” (Royal College of Music) March 2019. Basilio in Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” directed by Sir Thomas Allen (Royal College of Music) November 2018. La Couf and Le Fils in Poulenc’s “Les Mamelles de Tirésias” (Les Azuriales Opera Young Artists Programme) August 2018. Cover of Ferrando in Mozart’s “Cosi fan tutte” (Opera Holland Park) Summer 2018. “Flute” in Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Royal College of Music) March 2018. Youngest Son in Judith Weir’s “The Vanishing Bridegroom” (British Youth Opera) September 2017. 

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Glen was a Basil Coleman Opera Scholar supported by the Independent Opera Scholarship and the Charles Jacobs Scholarship. He was generously supported throughout his studies by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, The Robertson Trust, The Cross Trust and Sir James Caird Travelling Scholarships Trust. Glen was also a Josephine Baker Trust Scholar, a Help Musicians UK Sybil Tutton Award holder and is an Opera Prelude and Les Azuriales Young Artist.
 

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