Theo Perry, baritone
British Baritone Theo Perry currently studies at the Royal College of Music International Opera Studio under the tutelage of Russell Smythe, where he is a Victor and Lilian Hochhauser Scholar and Henry Wood Scholar. RCM roles include Peter in Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck) and Papageno in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. In July 2020 he graduated with distinction from the MA course at Trinity Laban, winning the Gold Medal, the Paul Simm Opera Award, and a Director’s Prize for Excellence. Recent operatic roles include Aeneas (Dido & Aeneas, Hurn Court Opera), Junius (The Rape of Lucretia, Opera Asteria), Death (Savitri, Hampstead Garden Opera), Fred/Young Scrooge (A Christmas Carol), Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni, Rogue Opera) and Belcore (The Elixir of Love, King’s Head Theatre/Opera’r Ddraig). He has participated in masterclasses with Ian Bostridge (Oxford Lieder), Roderick Williams (Blackheath Halls), Kate Royal (Hurn Court Opera) and Thomas Quasthoff (Wigmore Hall). As a recitalist, Theo has performed for Chelmsford Cathedral, Brentwood Cathedral, Buckingham Summer Festival and Cheltenham Music Festival, as well as a recital for Trinity Laban in conjunction with BBC Radio 3 on International Women’s Day 2019, celebrating women composers in a programme curated by Dr Sophie Fuller.
Lizzie (DEBUT’s founder) and Benjamin cut their teeth together at the University of Warwick (where they met), working on productions of Figaro, Bohème, Hansel and Gretel and Flute. We felt that this was something that was needed for emerging professional musicians, and a great way to get the wider community involved too.