Adam Temple-Smith

The British tenor Adam Temple-Smith graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music in 2016 and has since been a student of the award-winning tenor Ben Johnson. Until June 2019, he was a member of the Young Artist Studio at the National Opera in London. Engagements have taken him to the stages of several national and international festivals and music academies. For instance, he appeared at the Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte music academy in Montepulciano as Sergeant Lombardi in Steven Sondheim’s *Passion*, as Misael in Benjamin Britten’s *Burning Fiery Furnace* at the Southrepps International Festival, and as the First Armoured Man in *The Magic Flute* at Garsington Opera in 2018. At the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in 2017, he gained experience as the understudy for Tom Rakewell in Igor Stravinsky’s opera *The Rake’s Progress*.He has taken on major roles, including as Don Ottavio in Mozart’s opera *Don Giovanni* with British Young Operas, as Ferrando in *Così fan tutte*, and as Lysander in Britten’s *A Midsummer Night’s Dream* in productions by the Royal Northern College of Music. In the 2018–19 season, Adam Temple-Smith made his debut at the Welsh National Opera in the role of the Mosquito and as the understudy for the Schoolmaster in Leoš Janáček’s opera *The Cunning Little Vixen*. From the 2021–22 season onwards, Adam Temple-Smith will be a permanent member of the ensemble at the MiR.