ANDREW HENLEY — CONNAUGHT ARTISTS

ANDREW HENLEY

ANDREWHENLEYTENOR.CO.UK TENOR

Hailing from Monmouth, British-Irish tenor Andrew Henley studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and is a graduate of the National Opera Studio. He is the winner of the 2025 Pendine International Voice of the Future Award at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod, the 2019 Dunraven Young Welsh Singer of the Year and the 2023 John Scott Award from Scottish Opera.

Operatic engagements have included Camille de Rosillon Die Lustige Witwe with the Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater, The Tenor Trauernacht, Tybalt Romeo und Juliet and Voleur de Lune Der Mond with Opéra de Lyon, Nemorino L’elisir d’amore with Brunswick Vocal Arts, Heinrich der Schreiber Tannhäuser with the Stadttheater Klagenfurt, The Son The Critic and Rodolfo in Puccini: Man of the Theatre with Wexford Festival Opera, Tybalt Roméo et Juliette with the Immling Festival, Father Grenville Dead Man Walking and Candide (cover) Candide with Welsh National Opera, Officer and Armand (cover)Thérèse, Tenor Soloist on the Spring 2023 Opera Highlights Tour and Nemorino (cover) L'elisir d'amore with Scottish Opera, Don Ottavio Don Giovanni (cover) with the Glyndebourne Tour, Rodolfo (extracts) La Boheme with the Royal Opera House Learning + Participation, Steuermann Der Fliegende Holländer with Saffron Opera Group, Cavaradossi Tosca with Devon Opera Opera, Barigoule Cendrillon with Buxton International Festival, Don Ottavio Don Giovanni with Clonter Opera, Novice Billy Budd with the St. Endellion Festival and Lechmere Owen Wingrave with British Youth Opera. 2026 engagements include Tenor Soloist Play Opera LIVE: Shipwrecked! and Emlyn (cover) Blaze of Glory with Welsh National Opera, Idomeneo Idomeneo with Chelsea Opera Group, Tamino The Mini Magic Flute with Opera North, Chevalier de la Force Dialogues des Carmélites with Saffron Opera Group, Henry Crawford Mansfield Park with Opera Collective Ireland and The Mayor Mario und der Zauberer with the Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater.

Concert engagements have included Handel Messiah with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, Elgar The Dream of Gerontius at Snape Maltings, Mendelssohn Elijah with the City of London Sinfonia at Cadogan Hall, Opera Highlights with the WNO Orchestra conducted by Carlo Rizzi at BBC Hoddinott Hall, Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music and Purcell The Fairy Queen, conducted by Nicholas McGegan, both with the CBSO at Birmingham Symphony Hall, Bach St John Passion tenor solos at Southwark Cathedral, Mozart Mass in C Minor at Wells Cathedral, Verdi Requiem at St. Paul's Covent Garden and Rossini Stabat Mater at St Giles Cripplegate.

PRESS

"In a cast full of juicy voices, the one that stood out for me was the tenor Andrew Henley, in a pointless scene that bore no relation to any other. That's seizing the spotlight."

The Son in Stanford The Critic
Neil Fisher The Times, The Critic - Wexford Festival 2024.
”Andrew Henley, young Welsh tenor, sings the young son with solid vocal technique. His fine timbre embedded in a lyrical sound gives his role an empathetic depth and touch.”

TRAUERNACHT with Opéra de Lyon (2022) – ioco.de
“Andrew Henley’s powerful tenor beautifully portrayed Nemorino’s despair, while being flexible enough to be meltingly tender in his big aria “Una furtiva”

L'ELISIR D'AMORE (Nemorino) with Random Opera Company (2021) – South Rugby News
"I was particularly struck by Andrew Henley... who showed comic flair and a healthy tenor as the Dandini figure"

CENDRILLON (Barigoule) with Buxton International Festival (2021) - Rupert Christiansen, Opera
"Vocal highlights came from Andrew Henley's Ottavio and Alexandra Lowe as Elvira... Ottavio's big Act II aria was the best thing of the evening"

DON GIOVANNI (Ottavio) with Clonter Opera (2019) - Opera Now
"Father Grenville was essayed by the tenor, Andrew Henley, who sang with a relaxed easy demeanour, and a pleasing lilt. His skepticism and lack of sympathy with Sister Helen’s outlook took the form of a casual dismissiveness and was clearly constructed."

DEAD MAN WALKING (Father Grenville) with Welsh National Opera (2019) - Opera Wire
"Best of the cast was the tenor Andrew Henley who was immediately convincing as Lechmere, leaping atop a table and wielding a sabre with naïve gusto, to the alarm of Coyle and the other trainee recruits. Henley alone sang with consistently good diction, and displayed an appealing tone."

OWEN WINGRAVE (Lechmere) with British Youth Opera (2016) - Clare Seymour, Opera

ANDREWHENLEYTENOR.CO.UK TENOR

PRESS

"In a cast full of juicy voices, the one that stood out for me was the tenor Andrew Henley, in a pointless scene that bore no relation to any other. That's seizing the spotlight."

”Andrew Henley, young Welsh tenor, sings the young son with solid vocal technique. His fine timbre embedded in a lyrical sound gives his role an empathetic depth and touch.”

“Andrew Henley’s powerful tenor beautifully portrayed Nemorino’s despair, while being flexible enough to be meltingly tender in his big aria “Una furtiva”

"I was particularly struck by Andrew Henley... who showed comic flair and a healthy tenor as the Dandini figure"

"Vocal highlights came from Andrew Henley's Ottavio and Alexandra Lowe as Elvira... Ottavio's big Act II aria was the best thing of the evening"

"Father Grenville was essayed by the tenor, Andrew Henley, who sang with a relaxed easy demeanour, and a pleasing lilt. His skepticism and lack of sympathy with Sister Helen’s outlook took the form of a casual dismissiveness and was clearly constructed."

"Best of the cast was the tenor Andrew Henley who was immediately convincing as Lechmere, leaping atop a table and wielding a sabre with naïve gusto, to the alarm of Coyle and the other trainee recruits. Henley alone sang with consistently good diction, and displayed an appealing tone."

LEE DAVID BOWEN

SATRIYA KRISNA