MarkStone

Mark Stone is an English helden baritone, acclaimed for his performances of Wagnerian roles, such as Alberich in Das Rheingold and Siegfried at Longborough Festival Opera, Wotan in Die Walküre for Trondheim Symfoniorkester, and Gunther in Götterdämmerung at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. He works extensively in Germany (Hamburgische Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Hannover) and the USA (Santa Fe Opera, Opera Philadelphia) where he is also renowned for his performances of modern works such as the title role in Nixon in China and the world premiere of Huang Ruo’s M. Butterfly.

This season sees Mark sing the title role of Der fliegende Holländer for Trondheim Symfoniorkester and Klingsor in Parsifal at the Hamburgische Staatsoper. On the concert platform, Mark will sing Totentanz with Thomas Adès and the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, join Carolyn Kuan and the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Orchestra to sing a concert performance of Ruo’s M. Butterfly and sing Sir George Benjamin’s Written on Skin conducted by the composer himself and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.