Henry Websdale

Henry Websdale is an opera répétiteur and conductor, who has lived and worked across Europe in some of the most renowned opera houses in the world. He studied and trained at the University of Cambridge and Royal Academy of Music in the UK, as well as at the Mascarade Opera Studio and Georg Solti Accademia in Italy. He has worked as a répétiteur and conductor at Oper Graz in Austria and the Bayerische Staatsoper in Germany, as well as working as a répétiteur at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Glyndebourne. In 2024, he will take up a position on the permanent staff of the Semperoper Dresden. Highlights of his time at Oper Graz included conducting performances of ‘Ein Hauch von Venus’ (Kurt Weill), and working on the Austrian premiere of ‘Morgen und Abend’ (Georg Friedrich Haas) wi