Biography
Kieran Rayner is a London-based New Zealand operatic baritone. He has recently made his Royal Opera House debut in November 2022, as Junius in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia. Since arriving in Britain in late 2014, Kieran has been engaged by The Royal Opera House, Garsington Opera, English Touring Opera, Scottish Opera, IF Opera, Longborough Festival Opera, British Youth Opera, Devon Opera, Euphonia Opera, Riverside Opera, Park Opera, and Saffron Hall, among others. He has sung oratorio solos across the UK, and has performed concerts and opera productions in venues from the Royal Albert Hall, to Buckingham Palace, to theatres in Singapore, New Zealand, and New Caledonia. He was a Britten Pears Young Artist 2021-22, an Independent Opera Fellow 2019-20, a Garsington Opera Alvarez Young Art
Performance credits
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Past performances 2013 — Yesterday
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), Mozart
Vienna - Tel Aviv Vocal ConnectionFigaro
View cast and crewAcis & Galatea • Dido & Aeneas, HändelPurcell
Waterperry Opera FestivalSorcerer
View program, cast and crewDie Zauberflöte zweiter Teil (The Magic Flute Part Two), Mozart
Festival OperaPapageno
View cast and crewGifts of Winter: Christmas with Aldeburgh Voices, Various
Britten Pears ArtsBaritone
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Acis & Galatea • Dido & Aeneas, HändelPurcell
Waterperry Opera FestivalSorcerer
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Die Zauberflöte zweiter Teil (The Magic Flute Part Two), Mozart
Festival OperaPapageno
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Emmy Destinn Foundation's 25th Anniversary Gala Benefit Concert!, Various
St John's Smith SquareBaritone
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9Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), Mozart
Vienna - Tel Aviv Vocal ConnectionFigaro
View cast and crewIl barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), Rossini
Waterperry Opera FestivalDon Bartolo (Doctor Bartolo)
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Biography
Kieran Rayner is a London-based New Zealand operatic baritone. He has recently made his Royal Opera House debut in November 2022, as Junius in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia. Since arriving in Britain in late 2014, Kieran has been engaged by The Royal Opera House, Garsington Opera, English Touring Opera, Scottish Opera, IF Opera, Longborough Festival Opera, British Youth Opera, Devon Opera, Euphonia Opera, Riverside Opera, Park Opera, and Saffron Hall, among others. He has sung oratorio solos across the UK, and has performed concerts and opera productions in venues from the Royal Albert Hall, to Buckingham Palace, to theatres in Singapore, New Zealand, and New Caledonia. He was a Britten Pears Young Artist 2021-22, an Independent Opera Fellow 2019-20, a Garsington Opera Alvarez Young Art
