Biography…

Welsh tenor Dafydd Jones is a member of the the Royal College of Music International Opera Studio where he studies with Nicky Spence and Caroline Dowdle. He previously graduated with a masters degree at the Royal College of Music, where he was awarded the Queen Mother Rose Bowl.

Upcoming operatic engagements include Fenton, Falstaff at the Verbier Festival, Tamino (Cover), Die Zauberflöte for Glyndebourne and at Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich where he joins the Opera Studio in September 2024.

Recent highlights on the operatic stage include his debut in the title role of Albert Herring for Opera North, his international debut as Clotarco in Armida for the Bregenzer Festspiele; and his role and festival debut as Pastore in John Caird’s production of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo for Garsington Opera as an Alvarez Young Artist . Other operatic roles include Don Ottavio Don Giovanni (OPRA Cymru); Earl Torlloller Iolanthe (cover, English National Opera); title role in Orpheus in the Underworld (Royal College of Music International Opera Studio).

In 2024, Dafydd won the singers’ final of the Royal Overs-seas League Music Competition and the Lies Askonas competition at the Royal College of Music. He was awarded the Ferrier Loveday Song Prize in the finals of the 2023 Kathleen Ferrier Competition with pianist Caroline Dowdle. In the summer of 2021, Dafydd won the Prix Thierry Mermod at the Verbier Festival as a member of the Academy Atelier Lyrique.

As a keen song enthusiast, Dafydd joined the 2023 French Song Exchange programme at the Wigmore Hall. Dafydd was a Young Artist at the 2021 Leeds Lieder Festival, a member of the 2021 Academy Atelier Lyrique at the Verbier Festival and made his debut at the 2021 Oxford Lieder Festival. He is also proud to be a Samling Artist.

Dafydd would like to acknowledge the generous support he received as an Aldama Scholar, supported by the Ivor Llewellyn Foster Scholarship at the College. He is also supported by the Amaryllis Fleming Foundation and Geoff and Val Richards.