Born in Kent, Henry Waddington studied at the Royal Northern College of Music with Barbara Robotham, and he made his operatic debut there as Bottom in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a role he reprised for Opera North in the 2013/14 season. He joined Glyndebourne Touring Opera in 1992, singing the role of The Madhouse Keeper in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, a role he repeated with Glyndebourne Festival in 1994. Other roles for Glyndebourne have included Stage Hand/ The Makropoulos Case, Antonio/The Marriage of Figaro, Graf Lamoral /Arabella, Major Domo and La Roche (cover)/Capriccio, Quince /A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Valens/Theodora, Don Fernando/Fidelio, Christus / Bach St Matthew Passion and the title role in Saul/Handel. For Glyndebourne on Tour he has sung Colline/La Bohème
Upcoming performances Today Onwards
Past performances 1992 — Yesterday
Platée (Platea), Rameau
Garsington OperaCithéron + 1 roles
View cast and crewBorn in Kent, Henry Waddington studied at the Royal Northern College of Music with Barbara Robotham, and he made his operatic debut there as Bottom in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a role he reprised for Opera North in the 2013/14 season. He joined Glyndebourne Touring Opera in 1992, singing the role of The Madhouse Keeper in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, a role he repeated with Glyndebourne Festival in 1994. Other roles for Glyndebourne have included Stage Hand/ The Makropoulos Case, Antonio/The Marriage of Figaro, Graf Lamoral /Arabella, Major Domo and La Roche (cover)/Capriccio, Quince /A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Valens/Theodora, Don Fernando/Fidelio, Christus / Bach St Matthew Passion and the title role in Saul/Handel. For Glyndebourne on Tour he has sung Colline/La Bohème