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Keiron Cooke

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Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt

About Dafydd

Welsh tenor Dafydd Jones is a recent graduate of the Royal College of Music International Opera Studio, where he studied with Nicky Spence and Caroline Dowdle.

He is currently a member of the Bayerische Staatsoper Opera Studio.

Operatic successes include the title role in Albert Herring for Opera North, Fenton Falstaff at the Verbier Festival, Clotarco in Haydn's Armida for the Bregenzer Festspiele and Pastore in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo for Garsington Opera as an Alvarez Young Artist.

In 2024, Dafydd won the Gold Medal in the final of the Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition at Wigmore Hall and the Royal College of Music's Lies Askonas Competition. He was awarded the Ferrier Loveday Song Prize in the finals of the 2023 Kathleen Ferrier Competition and, in the summer of 2021, Dafydd won the Prix Thierry Mermod at the Verbier Festival as a member of the Academy Atelier Lyrique.

Dafydd is based in Munich

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Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt

Season Highlights

Dec 2024 - Jan 2025
Bayerische Staatsoper
La Fille du régiment Ein Landmann
Jan 2025 - Feb 2025
Bayerische Staatsoper
Un ballo in maschera Diener Amelias
Mar 2025 - Mar 2025
Bayerische Staatsoper
Carmen Remendado

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Selected Repertoire

BrittenAlbert Herring (Albert Herring)
HaydnArmida (Clotarco)
Monteverdi L’Orfeo (Pastore)
MozartDon Giovanni (Don Ottavio)   •   The Magic Flute (Tamino)
OffenbachOrpheus in the Underworld (Orpheus)
Puccini La Fanciulla del West (Joe)
RavelL’Enfant et les sortileges (L’Arithmetique)
Respighi La Bella Dormente nel Bosco (Il Principe)
VerdiFalstaff (Fenton)

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  • Albert Herring

    Opera North
    • Dafydd Jones is the new Albert, making his debut with the company, and he made the role his own, with a voice that’s entirely on top of it and a repertoire of facial expressions for the reluctant good boy.

    • As Albert himself, Dafydd Jones makes an auspicious company debut, his glossy, high-lying tenor ideally placed for the role.

    • Dafydd Jones gets Herring’s awkwardness off to a tee as he confidently makes his debut with Opera North; he has a lovely mellow tone. He looked the part and communicated his predicament well, especially as he sat trembling before he was crowned.

    • Our unlikely hero was perfectly captured in Dafydd Jones’ performance….it was no surprise that his beautifully rounded, mellifluous tone proved ideal for this role.

    • Jones engaged and charmed

    • Dafydd Jones was an Albert anyone could root for: projecting flustered, wide-eyed decency and letting his tenor ring firm and clear as he finally asserts himself.

    • Dafydd Jones is a delight as Albert, giving vent to lyrical outbursts in contrast to his down-trodden manner and ending up as gleeful as he deserves.

    • excellently acted and sung by Dafydd Jones