Tenor

Michael Gibson

Represented By:

Michael Morelli

+45 21 95 28 28

In the Nordic Region:
Fredrik Akselberg

+47 45 41 20 33

INTRODUCTION

Scottish tenor Michael Gibson is a lyric tenor of beautiful, effortless, free sound projection and good intonation.

RECENT AND FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS

Michael Gibson was a member of the Jette Parker Artists Programme at the Royal Ballet and Opera, Covent Garden, between 2022 and 2024. During his time in London, his roles included Borsa/Rigoletto, Young Servant/Elektra, Normanno/Lucia di Lammermoor, Heinrich/Tannhäuser, Pong/Turandot (also performed on tour in Japan), Gastone/La Traviata and Ruiz/Il Trovatore and in the Linbury Theatre, Charles Byrne/Giant, Male Chorus/The Rape of Lucretia and Varo/Arminio.

Most recent and future engagements include Jaquino/Fidelio and Pong/Turandot at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Pong/Turandot at the Israeli National Opera in Tel Aviv, Brighella/Ariadne auf Naxos at La Monnaie – De Munt, Gualtiero/Griselda (Vivaldi) at Wuppertaler Bühnen, and 1 Jew/Salome at Teatro Massimo di Palermo.

BIOGRAPHY

Michael is a graduate of the Royal College of Music’s International Opera Studio, where he held the Aldama scholarship. Prior to this, he graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, completing a Bachelor of Education in Music, and the Royal Northern College of Music, where he studied for his Master of Music with Peter Alexander Wilson.

An in-demand concert soloist, he has performed as a soloist with both the LSO and LPO, is a Making Music Phillip and Dorothy Green Young Artist 21-23, and is an alumnus of the 2024 International Meistersinger Akademie in Neuemarkt, Germany.

OPERA
Beethoven, L.v.	Leonore/Fidelio	Jaquino
Bellini, V.	I Capuleti e i Montecchi	Tebaldo
Berg, A.	Wozzeck	Andres
Berlioz, H.	Les Troyens	Iopas
Bizet, G.	Carmen	Remendado
Britten, B.	A Midsummer Night’s Dream	Lysander
	Albert Herring	Albert Herring
	Billy Budd	A Novice
	The Rape of Lucretia	Male Chorus
	The Turn of the Screw	Peter Quint
		Prologue
Debussy, C.	L’enfant prodigue	Azaël
Donizetti, G.	L’elisir d’amore	Nemorino
	Lucia di Lammermoor	Normanno
Gluck, C.W.	Iphigénie en Tauride	Pylade
Handel, G.F.	Alcina	Oronte
	Arminio (HWV 36)	Varo
	Rodelinda	Grimoaldo
	Theodora	Septimius*
Haydn, F. J.	Il Mondo della Luna	Ecclitico
Janáček, L.	Jenůfa	Števa
	The Cunning Little Vixen	Schoolmaster*
Leoncavallo, R.	I Pagliacci	Beppe
Massenet, J.	Cendrillon	Le Prince Charmant
Mozart, W. A.	Così fan tutte	Ferrando
	Die Entführung aus dem Serail	Belmonte*
	Die Zauberflöte	Tamino
	Don Giovanni	Don Ottavio
Poulenc, F.	Les Dialogues des carmélites	Chevalier de la Force
Puccini, G.	Il Trittico – Gianni Schicchi	Rinuccio
	Turandot	Pong
Strauss, J.	Die Fledermaus	Alfred*
Strauss, R.	Ariadne auf Naxos	Brighella*
	Capriccio	Flamand
	Elektra	A young servant
Stravinsky, I.	The Rake’s Progress	Tom Rakewell
		Sellem
Tchaikovsky, P.	Eugene Onegin	Lensky
	Iolanta	Count Vaudémont*
Verdi, G.	Don Carlos	The Count of Lerma
		Royal Herald
	Falstaff	Fenton
	Il Trovatore	Ruiz
	La traviata	Gastone
		Alfredo Germont*
	Rigoletto	Matteo Borsa
Vivaldi, A.	Griselda	Gualtiero
Wagner, R.	Der fliegende Holländer	Daland’s steersman
	Tannhäuser	Heinrich der Schreiber
		Walther von der Vogelweide*

*in preparation

CONCERT
Bach, J. S.	B minor Mass
	Magnificat
	St John Passion
	St Matthew Passion
Beethoven, L. v.	An die ferne Geliebte
	Symphony no.9
Boulanger, L.	Faust et Hélène
Britten, B.	Winter Words
Dvořák, A.	Stabat Mater
Finzi, G.	Dies Natalis
Gurney, I.	Ludlow and Teme
Handel, G. F.	Messiah
Haydn, F. J.	The Creation**
Mendelssohn, F.	Elijah**
	Lobgesang
Mozart, W. A.	Coronation Mass
	Requiem
Puccini, G.	Messa di Gloria
Ramirez, A.	Misa Criolla
Rossini, G.	Petite Messe Solenelle
Saint-Saëns, C.	Oratorio de Noel
Schubert, F.	Die Schöne Müllerin
Schumann, R.	Dichterliebe
Stainer, J.	The Crucifixion
Vaughan Williams, R.	Serenade to Music
	Songs of Travel

**studied sections

AUDIO

Michael Gibson – Recital Recording in Nov. 2023 (w. David Gowland at the piano)

Love Could I Only Tell Thee

The Choirmaster's Burial by B. Britten

Twilight Fancies by F. Delius

O My Luve's Like a Red, Red Rose

Lensky's Aria (Eugene Onegin)

Michael Gibson – Dichterliebe by Robert Schumann (rec. at the Royal Opera House Crush Room, Feb. 2023)

VIDEO

Michael Gibson – The Rake’s Progress by I. Stravinsky – Here I Stand (Dec. 2024)

Michael Gibson – Alcina by G.F. Handel – Un Momento di contento (Dec. 2024)

Michael Gibson – Eugene Onegin by P.I. Tchaikovsky – Lensky’s aria (Nov. 2023)

Michael Gibson – Roméo et Juliette by C. Gounod – Ah! leve-toi, soleil! (Hinde Street Church, London, Jun. 2022)

Michael Gibson – I Pagliacci by R. Leoncavallo – O Colombina… (Dec. 2024)

Michael Gibson – Die Zauberflöte by W.A. Mozart – Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (Nov. 2023)

Michael Gibson – Don Giovanni by W.A. Mozart – Il mio tesoro intanto (Nov. 2023)

Michael Gibson – The Rape of Lucretia by B. Britten – Ride to Rome (Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Nov. 2022)

GALLERY

DOWNLOAD HIGH-RESOLUTION PHOTOS

Michael Gibson (left) as Jaquino in Fidelio at the ROH Covent Garden (October 2024)

Michael Gibson as Flamand in Capriccio (A JPA Performance)

Michael Gibson during the IMA Liederabend Concert (July 2024)

Michael Gibson and Bryn Terfel at the Antonio Pappano Gala 2024 at the ROH

Pong in the opera "Turandot" at the Royal Opera House, portrayed by Michael Gibson © Photo by Marc Brenner

Michael Gibson in Don Carlo at the ROH Covent Garden (June 2023) © Photo by Bill Cooper

Michael Gibson in Jette Parker Artists Summer Peformance - Royal Opera House; Covent Garden; London, UK (July 2023) © Photo by Clive Barda

REVIEWS

Fidelio by L.v. Beethoven at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden (Oct. 24)

“Christina Gansch’s Marzelline and Michael Gibson’s Jaquino, meanwhile, create far more complex individuals than the mismatched comic-opera couple of tradition.”
– George Hall, The Stage

“Christina Gansch (Marzelline) and Michael Gibson (Jacquino) were outstanding in their supporting roles…”
– Fiona Maddocks, The Observer

“Michael Gibson’s Jaquino made more of the role than most, his bright, ardent tenor never sounding better.”
– Keith McDonnell, MusicOMH

“Others who impressed […] Michael Gibson as Jacquino, the prison gatekeeper…”
– John Groves, LondonTheatre1

“There is fine support from […] Michael Gibson as Jaquino…”
– Sam Smith, Opera Online

Jette Parker Summer Showcase (Jul. 2024)

“Michael Gibson as Flamand stood out in Strauss’ sort of biopic of the life of a composer amid love and strife.”
– James Ellis, London Theatre Reviews

“The singers were all incredibly good; some especially so — notably […] among the men tenor Michael Gibson…”
– Margarida Mota-Bull, Seen and Heard International

Lucia di Lammermoor by G. Donizetti at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden (Apr. 24)

“I have opined previously on the merits of young Scottish tenor and Jette Parker Artist member Michael Gibson […] He has a fine, lyric tenor voice and it is surely a question of time before he is engaged on the stage in more demanding roles.”
– Mike Hardy, OperaWire

Elektra by R. Strauss at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden (Jan. 24)

“Maids and Servants were cast from strength – with tenor Michael Gibson, in particular, standing out.”
– Keith McConnell, MusicOMH

Jette Parker Summer Showcase (Jul. 2023)

“…it was Gibson who most effectively disappeared into his roles. From the hot-headed Tebaldo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi through the romance of Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz (the Cherry Duet afforded him a delightful moment with (Sarah) Dufresne) to the comic pleasures of his Nemorino, the young tenor was a chameleon-like presence…”
– Marc Valencia, Opera Magazine

Arminio by G.F. Handel at the Linbury Teatre, Royal Opera House Covent Garden (Apr. 2023)

“Tenor Michael Gibson certainly made his mark in the role of the general, Varo…here he used his ardent, effortlessly produced tenor voice to breathtaking effect.”
– Keith McDonnell, Music OMH

Turandot by G. Puccini at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden (Mar. 2023)

“Hansung Yoo’s role in Ping…is ably matched and supported by Aled Hall and Michael Gibson, Pang, and Pong, respectively, whose sweet tenor voices blend well, producing fine harmony and interaction. Gibson, particularly, displayed great physicality in this role.”
– Mike Hardy, operawire.com