John Brancy

In the 2026-27 season, Grammy-winning baritone John Brancy joins Opera North for the title role of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, debuts at the Grand Théâtre de Genève as Valens in Handel’s Theodora, reprises the roles he created in George Benjamin’s Picture a Day Like This with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and joins the Rotterdam Philharmonic as the baritone soloist in Orff’s Carmina burana.

In 2025-26, he returned to Opéra de Montréal in the title role of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, made his house debut at Teatro di San Carlo in Naples in Picture a Day Like This, and made his role debut as Il Conte Almaviva in a new production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro at Opéra national du Rhin. On the concert stage, Brancy made his debut with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in Carmina burana under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle, and appeared with Symphony San Jose and the Albany Symphony Orchestra. He also performed a staged version of Brahms’s A German Requiem with the Insula Orchestra at La Seine Musicale in Paris and in Aix-en-Provence. Other recent appearances include debuts at the Opéra Comique, Opéra national du Rhin, and the Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg, reprising his acclaimed dual roles of The Artisan and The Collector in Picture a Day Like This. He also debuted with the Bavarian State Opera in Weinberg’s Lady Magnesia and made his role debut as Marcello in Puccini’s La bohème at Opéra de Montréal.