Arthur Bruce
Baritone
A current member of the soloist ensemble at Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Scottish baritone Arthur Bruce studied at the Royal Northern College of Music, and the Alexander Gibson Opera School at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
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Bruce’s 24/25 season engagements include Forester The Cunning Little Vixen, Ratefreund Die Vögel, Ottokar Der Freischütz, Schlemihl Les contes d’Hoffmann and Roberto Das Feuerwerk (Oldenburgisches Staatstheater).
Winner of the ‘Dvořák Society for Czech and Slovak Music Prize’ at the Emmy Destinn Young Singers Award, previous highlights in both Opera and Concert include Belcore L’elisir d’amore, Guglielmo Così fan tutte; Starveling A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Schaunard La bohème, Angus The Narcissistic Fish, Antonio The Gondoliers, and Phantis Utopia, Limited (Scottish Opera); Artidoro Gli sposi malcontenti (Bampton Classical Opera); Belcore L’elisir d’amore (Longborough Festival Opera); Wolfram Tannhäuser (Saffron Opera Group); Yamadori Madama Butterfly (Dorset Opera Festival); Cristiano Un ballo in maschera (Chelsea Opera Group); Priest/Angel of the Agony The Dream of Gerontius (Sinfonia Smith Square/Basilica di San Paolo fouri la mura, Rome); Count Almaviva The Marriage of Figaro (Opera Bohemia); First Fisher The Seal-Woman (Retrospect Opera/Orchestra of Scottish Opera); Sam Trouble in Tahiti, title role Gianni Schicchi, and Henry Davis Street Scene (RCS Alexander Gibson Opera School); and the covers of the title role Don Giovanni, Ford Falstaff, Demetrius A Midsummer Night's Dream (Scottish Opera); and Mathieu Andrea Chénier, and the Gamekeeper Rusalka (Royal Opera House).
Bruce is an alumnus of the Scottish Opera Emerging Artist Programme, the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, the Samling Artists Programme, and English National Opera's Opera Works.