This season 2024-25, Scottish Tenor Glen Cunningham performs the title role of Albert Herring at Scottish Opera with performances at the Lammermuir Festival, Glasgow and Edinburgh. He then reprises the role of Nick The Handmaid’s Tale (Theater Freiburg), makes his debut in Switzerland as Snout A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Opéra de Lausanne) and returns to the Opéra national du Rhin to as Beadle Bamford in Sweeney Todd. He joins the Orchestre National de Mulhouse as the Tenor soloist in Mozart’s Mass in C minor. Further plans include the recitals alongside Stéphane Degout in Strasbourg, London and Paris, and the worldwide release of his debut song album, My Heart’s in the Highlands accompanied by Anna Tilbrook on Delphian Records.

Glen recently performed roles including L’Ombre d’un poète in Guercœur, Der Schreiber in Der Schatzgräber and the Governor in Candide at Opéra national du Rhin. Whilst singing the Governor, he jumped in to the title role of Candide for two performances and was hailed as ‘the revelation of the night without contest’ by Forum Opera. He also performed roles including Francis Flute A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Lord Dramaleigh Utopia Limited at Scottish Opera and made his German debut at Theater Freiburg in the role of Nick The Handmaid’s Tale in the German Premiere of the opera. Glen was featured on the world premiere recording of Jonathan Sheffer’s Four Ten-Minute Operas with the RNSO, released in March 2023.

Born and raised in the Scottish Highlands, Glen is a graduate of the Royal College of Music’s Opera Studio and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Glen was a Scottish Opera Emerging Artist 2021/2022 and a member of the Opéra Studio at Opéra National du Rhin 2022/24.

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Glen Cunningham is represented by ArteMIS worldwide.