Dafydd Allen is a Welsh National Opera Associate Artist for their 2022/23 Season. He has recently transitioned from Baritone to Tenor. He is a graduate of the Royal College of Music where he studied with Brindley Sherratt.
His position at the Welsh National Opera is supported by Sheila & Richard Brooks Bursary, Anthony Evans Scholarship and the Welsh National Opera’s Christopher Ball Bursary.
Roles at WNO include Stronjek (Stage Technician) in The Makropulos Affair by Janacek. Boris in Cheryomuski by Shostakovich (WNO youth opera) and the Agent in the World Premier of Blaze of Glory by David Hackbridge Johnson.
He was the soloist in Welsh National Opera’s Return to Vienna concert tour, performing in many venues across Wales and England. The repertoire included songs and arias by Korngold, Strauss II, Lehar and Robert Stolz, accompanied by the WNO Orchestra.
In addition to Opera, Dafydd has a passion for art song, recently giving a recital with acclaimed musician Malcolm Martineau at the BBC Hoddinot Hall.
Alongside performing Main Stage Roles, Dafydd has been involved in many different aspects of the company’s work including performing in a CD release at the National Eisteddfod, recording learning tracks for Male voice choirs, participating in Youth Opera Projects and recording a Music Video to support Wales participating in the Football World Cup in Qatar.
Dafydd looks forward to performing the Roles of Captain and Crook in WNO’s production of Candide by Bernstein this summer.
Prior to his time at The Welsh National Opera, Dafydd played the Father in the Royal College of Music’s International Opera Studio’s production of Hansel and Gretel. He’s played the role of Masetto in Don Giovanni for Opra Cymru, Speaker in Magic Flute for RCM’s Opera Studio and the role of William Minnock in the world Premier of "Madeleine" by David Hackbridge Johnson with Surrey Opera
Dafydd was one of the Apostles in Elgar’s Apostles at the Royal Festival Hall with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins (2019). He has worked on Mahler songs with acclaimed musician Roger Vignoles culminating in a performance in RCM’s Britten Theatre.
Dafydd was a finalist in the Welsh singers competition 2022, and has won several prizes at the Urdd Eisteddfod and National Eisteddfod of Wales.