Jacques Imbrailo

In the 2021/22 season, Imbrailo will make his debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Horatio in Brett Dean’s Hamlet, his house and role debut in Gellner La Wally for Theater an der Wien, and will return to Deborah Warner’s production of Peter Grimes as Ned Keene, which recently premiered at Teatro Real and will open this season at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Recent highlights include Raimbaud Le Comte Ory for Garsington Opera, Pelléas Pelléas et Mélisande at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Albert Werther and the title role Billy Budd at The Royal Opera House, as well as Teatro Real and Norwegian National Opera, his house debut at The Bolshoi Theatre as Aeneas Dido and Aeneas, Alphonse XI La favorite for Houston Grand Opera, Count Le nozze di Figaro for Minnesota Opera, Pelléas Pelléas et Mélisande for Opera Vlaanderen, Opéra national du Rhin, Zurich Opera, the Royal Swedish Opera, Welsh National Opera and Essen Opera, Michael in the world premiere of Kasper Holten's production of Brothers for Danish National Opera, Zurga The Pearl Fishers for English National Opera, Horatio in Brett Dean Hamlet at Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Messner in the world premiere of Jimmy López Bel Canto at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, title role Don Giovanni for Perm Opera with Teodor Currentzis, Valentin Faust in Baden-Baden, Guglielmo Così fan tutte for Houston Grand Opera and Tarquinius The Rape of Lucretia in Florence and Houston.

On the concert platform, recent appearances include Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem with BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Nathalie Stutzmann, Britten War Requiem with the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra and Marin Alsop, Berlioz L‘enfance du Christ with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Robin Ticciati, Pelléas Pelléas et Mélisande with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, James MacMillan A European Requiem for the BBC Proms for, Jesus The Apostles at the Edinburgh International Festival, and Christ The Apostles with the Hallé and Sir Mark Elder at the BBC Proms. Imbrailo has given solo recitals at the Wigmore Hall, St John’s Smith Square and the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, and performed at Verbier Festival, the Royal Albert Hall and Southbank Centre.

A former member of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Imbrailo also studied at the Royal College of Music and in 2007 was awarded the Audience Prize at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition.

2021/22 season / 464 words. Not to be altered without permission.