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Winner of the Erich Vietheer Memorial Award from Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Wyn Pencarreg was born in West Wales. He studied at the Royal Northern College of Music, gaining many prizes and scholarships, including awards from the Countess of Munster Trust, the Peter Moores Foundation and the Wolfson Foundation. He continues his studies with David Pollard.

Wyn Pencarreg’s operatic engagements have included Don Belfiore Le Toréador at the Batignano Festival, Papin Babette’s Feast for the Royal Opera, Moralès Carmen and Schaunard La bohème for Raymond Gubbay Ltd, Father Hansel and Gretel, de Brétigny Manon, both Leporello and Masetto Don Giovanni and Figaro Le nozze di Figaro for Opera North, Lescaut Manon for English Touring Opera, Kuligin Katya Kabanova for Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Masetto Don Giovanni for Glyndebourne Touring Opera, Count Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro for Mid Wales Opera, Figaro Le nozze di Figaro for English Touring Opera and OTC, Dublin, Co Limerick, Ensemble L’Orfeo for English National Opera, Don Inigo Gomez L’heure espagnole for Opera Project, Alidoro La cenerentola for Grange Park Opera, Balthasar Genoveva, King Die liebe der Danaë and Morbio Die schweigsame Frau for Garsington Opera and Luka The Bear at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo.

His interest in contemporary music has led to performances including Malcontent in Jonathan Dove’s In Search of Angels and Francis in Grant’s Jump into my Sack for Mecklenburgh Opera. His concert engagements have included the C.P.E. Bach Magnificat with the Ten Tors Orchestra, The Snowman (21st Birthday Concert) at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Messiah with the Ulster Orchestra, Voice of Neptune Idomeneo for the Hallé Orchestra, Truly Madly Mozart at the Royal Festival Hall, Ortel Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg for the BBC Philharmonic and a series of Opera Galas with Diva Opera in France. His broadcasts include Friday Night is Music Night for BBC Radio 2.

Current engagements include Belcore L’elisir d’amore for Lyric Opera, Dublin, Valens Theodora for Opéra de Baugé, Father Hansel and Gretel for Opera North, Badger / Parson The Cunning Little Vixen for Longborough Festival Opera, The King Cendrillon for Chelsea Opera Group, Leporello Don Giovanni for Diva Opera, Lindorf / Coppélius / Dappertutto / Dr Miracle The Tales of Hoffmann for Mid Wales Opera and Leandro The Love For Three Oranges for English Pocket Opera Company.

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