Scottish tenor Michael Gibson is a member of the Jette Parker Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. In the 22/23 season, his roles on the mainstage include Heinrich (Tannhäuser), Pong (Turandot), Gastone (La traviata) and Ruiz (Il Trovatore). In the Linbury Theatre, he will sing Male Chorus (Rape of Lucretia) in a joint production with the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme and Varo (Arminio).

 

Michael is a recent graduate of the Royal College of Music's International Opera Studio, where he held the Aldama scholarship. Prior to this he graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, completing a Bachelor of Education in Music, and the Royal Northern College of Music, where he studied for his Master of Music with Peter Alexander Wilson.  

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During his studies, roles included Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Azael (L’enfant Prodigue) and Ecclitico (Il mondo della Luna) for RCM Opera Studio, and Le Prince Charmant (Cendrillon) & Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi) for RNCM.

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An in-demand concert soloist, Michael has performed as a soloist with both the LSO and LPO and is a Making  Music Phillip and Dorothy Green Young Artist 21-23. He has also given performances of song cycles including An die ferne geliebte, Dichterliebe, Songs of Travel, Winter Words, Ludlow and Teme and Die schöne Müllerin.