John-Colyn Gyeantey
British tenor John Gyeantey is steadily gaining a reputation as a fine exponent of the bel canto repertoire. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Accademia Rossiniana, Pesaro, where he worked closely with Alberto Zedda, and began his training at the Royal College of Music and then the National Opera Studio as a Peter Moores Foundation Major Scholar. On the concert platform, he is sought after as a sensitive and versatile artist with performances taking him across the UK, Europe and the Middle East. Appearances include the title roles in Acis and Galatea (The Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace) and Thomas Arne Judgment of Paris (Wigmore Hall), Carmina Burana, Messiah, St Matthew Passion for Spanish TV, Mozart Requiem (RAH), Mahler Das Klagende Lied with the LPO under Vladimir Jurowski (RFH), Haydn Creation (Cairo Opera House) and Haydn Stabat Mater recorded for Luxembourg Radio. His Rossini roles include Ramiro La Cenerentola Oper Schloss Hallwyl, Ruodi Guillaume Tell and Aronne Mosé in Egitto , Comte Ory Le Comte Ory (Opera South), Count Almaviva Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Festival Musique Cordiale, Diva Opera and Welsh National Opera), Zefirino Il viaggio a Reims, Adelaide di Borgogna (both for the Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro); Alberto L’occasione fa il ladro (Opera Minima); Gernando/Ubaldo Armida (St. John’s, Smith Square); Norfolc Elisabetta Regina d'Inghilterra (English Touring Opera). Also for ETO, he has sung Belmonte Abduction from the Seraglio, Tigrane Radamisto, Arnalta The Coronation of Poppea, Egeus Jason by Cavalli, Arbace Idomeneo, Ghino Pia de Tolomei by Donizetti, Pylade Iphigénie en Tauride, Eumeus Il ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria, and Evangelist the St Matthew and St John Passions. Other roles include Don Ottavio Don Giovanni (Mid-Wales Opera); Judge in Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane, recorded for Virgin/EMI with the LPO; Camille de Rosillon The Merry Widow (Scottish Opera); Roméo Roméo et Juliette; Mime Rhinegold (Birmingham Opera Company); and most recently Nemorino L’elisir d’amore (West Green House Opera and Anghiari Festival, Tuscany) and Police Buddy Blue for English National Opera.