We are extremely grateful to Sir John Tomlinson for joining Opera Prelude again at Cadogan Hall and for generously sharing his invaluable professional expertise with our young artists, as he coaches them in this morning’s masterclass. Advance booking only for this event!

John Tomlinson was born in Lancashire. He gained a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering at Manchester University before winning a scholarship to the Royal Manchester College of Music. He was awarded a C.B.E. in 1997 and knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours of 2005. He was awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award for Singer in 1991, 1998 and 2007 and in 2014 their Gold Medal.

Engagements in the 2017-18 season included Doctor Charles Conde EXTERMINATING ANGEL for Metropolitan Opera, New York, Ivan Yaklovlevich, Newspaper Clerk and Doctor THE NOSE for Opera Australia and Boris Ismailov LADY MACBETH OF MTSENSK for Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Future engagements include Dresden Semperoper, Berlin Staatsoper, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, English National Opera and Metropolitan Opera, New York.