A 2018 graduate of the International Opera Studio in Zurich, 25-year-old baritone Huw Montague Rendall’s recent engagements include Harlequin (Ariadne auf Naxos) at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, Schaunard (La bohème) at the Zurich Opera, Marcello in Barrie Kosky’s new production of La bohème at the Komische Oper Berlin and the Prince of Mantua (Fantasio) at Garsington Opera.
On the concert platform, he has performed Mendelssohn’s Die erste Walpurgisnacht with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and appeared in a charity concert for the International Opera Studio in Zurich alongside Cecilia Bartoli. Other recent highlights include the Duruflé Requiem with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, as well as giving recitals throughout the UK and performing sacred works by Brahms, Handel, Stainer, Fauré, Finzi and Vaughan Williams.
During the 2019/20 season Huw Montague Rendall makes his debut as the Count (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Opéra national de Lorraine and as Ned Keene (Peter Grimes) at the George Enescu Festival in Bucharest, as well as returning to the Komische Oper as Marcello. He will also make his role debut as Prince Aphron (The Golden Cockerel). Concert and recital apperances will include Cadogan Hall, the Opéra national de Lorraine and the London Song Festival.
An alumnus of the Royal College of Music, Huw Montague Rendall trained with Russell Smythe, having previously studied with David Rendall and Philip Doghan. During the summer of 2016 he was a Jerwood Young Artist at Glyndebourne, where he sang Fiorello (Il barbiere di Siviglia) and won the much coveted John Christie Award. The following summer, he joined the Young Singers Project at the Salzburg Festival, making his debut as the Second Apprentice (Wozzeck).
