TobySpence
Representation
Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt
About Toby
Toby Spence has sung at the Royal Opera House, The Metropolitan Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Opéra national de Paris, Bayerische Staatsoper, English National Opera, Teatro Real, Madrid, the Liceu, Barcelona, San Francisco Opera, Theater an der Wien, and the Hamburgische Staatsoper, as well as at the Salzburg, Aix-en-Provence and Edinburgh festivals.
Recent operatic engagements include his critically acclaimed role debuts as Erik (Der Fliegende Holländer) for Teatro la Fenice, Alonso (The Tempest) for Teatro alla Scala, the title role in Parsifal for Opera North, Alwa (Lulu) for La Monnaie, and Monsieur Taupe (Capriccio) at the Bayerische Staatsoper.
Plans for the 2023/24 season include a return to the Royal Opera House for Erik (Der Fliegende Holländer), as well as house debuts as Alonso (The Tempest) for the Wiener Staatsoper and as the title role in Idomeneo for Opéra National de Lorraine. On the concert platform, Toby sings Mortimer (Lessons in Love and Violence) with Orchestre de Paris and Sir George Benjamin, The Bells with Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic, Messiah with Christopher Warren-Green and the Minnesota Orchestra, and the Mozart Requiem with Matthew Halls and the Tampere Philharmonic. In recital, Toby returns to the Oxford Lieder Festival.
Representation
Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt
Season Highlights
Selected Repertoire
| Ades | The Tempest (Antonio/Ferdinand/Alonso) |
|---|---|
| Barber | Vanessa (Anatol) |
| Beethoven | Fidelio (Florestan) |
| Berg | Lulu (Alwa) • Wozzeck (Captain) |
| Berlioz | La damnation de Faust (Faust) • Béatrice et Bénédict (title role) |
| Bernstein | Candide (title role) |
| Britten | Billy Budd (Captain Vere) • Curlew River (Madwoman) • Death in Venice (Aschenbach) • Gloriana (Robert Devereux) • Peter Grimes (title role) • Rape of Lucretia (Male Chorus) • Turn of the Screw (Peter Quint) |
| Glass | Satyagraha (Ghandi) |
| Gluck | Iphigénie en Tauride (Pylades) |
| Gounod | Faust (title role) |
| J. Strauss | Die Fledermaus (Eisenstein) |
| Janáček | Jenůfa (Laca) • Osud (Živný) |
| Monteverdi | Il ritorno d’Ulisse (title role) • L’incoronazione di Poppea (Nero) |
| Mozart | Così fan tutte (Ferrando) • Don Giovanni (Don Ottavio) • Idomeneo (title role) • La Clemenza di Tito (title role) |
| Offenbach | La belle Hélène (Paris) |
| R. Strauss | Die Schweigsame Frau (Henry Morosus) • Salome (Herod) |
| Schoenberg | Moses und Aron (Aron) |
| Stravinsky | Oedipus Rex (title role) • The Rake’s Progress (Tom Rakewell) |
| Tchaikovsky | Eugene Onegin (Lensky) |
| Wagner | Der Fliegender Holländer (Erik) • Parsifal (Title Role) • Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (David) • Rheingold (Loge) • Siegfried (Mime) |
News
Press
Mozart Idomeneo (Title Role)
Opéra national de Lorraine with Jakob LehmannSep 2023 - Oct 2023Appelé à remplacer au pied levé Attala Ayan, le ténor anglais Toby Spence investit le personnage d’Idoménée avec humanité, et traduit parfaitement son dilemme vis-à-vis de son fils Idamante. Called to replace Attala Ayan at short notice, the English tenor Toby Spence invests the character of Idomeneus with humanity, and perfectly conveys his dilemma vis-à-vis his son Idamante.
- Pierre Brévignon, Première Loge
- 01 October 2023
Toby Spence, remplace Atalla Ayan dans le rôle-titre, ce qu'il ne laisse nullement paraître. La projection vocale soutient un italien modèle. Cette aisance lui permet de se concentrer sur l'incarnation de son personnage hanté, ainsi que ses variations de volume et un vibrato savamment contrôlés. Les vocalises sont aisées et les aigus sont atteints... Toby Spence , replaces Atalla Ayan in the title role, which he in no way lets appear. The vocal projection supports an Italian model. This ease allows him to concentrate on the embodiment of his haunted character, as well as his expertly controlled volume variations and vibrato. The vocals are easy and the high notes are reached...
- Alexandre Valette, Olyrix
- 01 October 2023
