Timothy Richards

Studied at the Royal Northern College of Music Manchester in the UK and as a student won the Towyn Roberts Scholarship at the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales, one of his country's most prestigious singing competitions. Soon after graduating Timothy made his professional operatic debut in 1998 as Alfredo in La Traviata for Welsh National Opera; this quickly led to invitations to perform in Basel, Innsbruck, and Oslo. After these early successes, he found himself in demand to sing the leading lirico/spinto tenor roles in many of Europe’s great opera houses. His engagement as The Italian Tenor in Der Rosenkavalier at the Semperoper Dresden in 1999 marked the beginning of a long and successful association with the opera house which included his debut as Rodolfo in La Bohème the following