Austin Gunn
Overview
- Ethnicity
- White / European Descent
- Age Range
- 34 - 40
- Height
- 6' 0" (1m 83cm)
- Weight
- 14st. 13lb. (95kg)
- Hair Colour
- Blonde
- Eye Colour
- Blue
- Build
- Muscular
Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
---|---|---|---|
2018 |
Don Ottavio & Nanki-Poo
Music & Singing |
ENO Opera Squad Don Giovanni & The Mikado English National Opera |
Various Schools |
2017 |
Box
Theatre |
Cox and Box Berwick Festival Opera |
Maltings theatre Berwick |
2017 |
Martin
Music & Singing |
Hummus by Zad Moultaka Musica Na Fabrica Festival in Lisbon |
Opera Lab Europe |
2017 |
Manager
Music & Singing |
The Waiter’s Revenge Opera Lab Europe |
Musica Na Fabrica, Lisbon, Portugal |
2016 |
Tolloler
Music & Singing |
Iolanthe Berwick Festival Opera |
The Malting's Theatre |
2016 |
Aubrey
Music & Singing |
The Vampyre - Marschner Berwick Festival Opera |
The Malting's Theatre |
2016 |
St Nicholas
Music & Singing |
Britten - St Nicholas Portsmouth Festival Choir |
Portsmouth Cathedral |
2016 |
Lead Guest
Music & Singing |
John Cage Dinner Party - Stephen Montague Rocket Opera |
Hull University |
2016 |
Percy
Music & Singing |
Anna Bolena - Donizetti Hashtag Opera Company |
London |
2015 |
Gizmo 3
Music & Singing |
The Way Back Home Pre Production English National Opera |
|
2015 |
Security Guard
Music & Singing |
Between Worlds Pre-Production English National Opera |
|
2015 |
Tenor Soloist
Event |
Hiawatha's Wedding Feast - Coleridge Taylor Scnthorpe & District Choral Society |
|
2015 |
Tenor Soloist
Event |
Rotary Club Gala Concert Rotary Club |
Britannia Hotel, Ponteland |
2015 |
Dormont
Music & Singing |
La Scala di Seta (Berwick Festival Opera) Rocket Opera |
Berwick Town Hall |
2015 |
Guest Soloist
Event |
A Summer's Serenade The Tynedale Singers |
|
2015 |
Nanki Poo
Music & Singing |
The Mikado Rocket Opera |
Caesar's Palace, berwick |
2015 |
Don Jose
Music & Singing |
Carmen Black Cat Opera |
Andover Lights Theatre |
2015 |
Tenor Soloist
Event |
The Wellcome Collection VIP Relaunch The Wellcome Trust |
The Wellcome Trust, London |
2015 |
Tenor Soloist
Event |
Mozart - C Minor Mass Oundle & District Choral Society |
Great Hall, Oundle School |
2015 |
Tenor Soloist
Event |
Mass in B Minor - Bach Chiswick Choir & Orchestra |
|
2015 |
Tenor Soloist
Event |
Dvorak Mass in D Sc*nthorpe & District Choral Society |
|
2015 |
Nanki Poo
Music & Singing |
The Mikado Opera Anywhere |
The Little Theatre, Thame |
2015 |
Frederik
Music & Singing |
Pirates of Penzance Opera Anywhere |
Little Theatre, Thame |
2014 |
Tenor Soloist (Werther, Rodolfo, Alfred, Witch)
Music & Singing |
Festive Treats, seasonal opera favourites InterOpera |
Bowes Museum & Gateshead Old Town Hall |
2014 |
Gerontius
Event |
Dream of Gerontius - Elgar Rosenthe Singers |
Dunblane Cathedral |
2014 |
Tenor Soloist
Event |
Mass in C Minor - Mozart Bury Bach Choir |
Bury St Edmunds Cathedral |
2014 |
Tenor Soloist
Event |
Verdi Requiem Crouch End Festival Chorus |
Alexandra Palace, London |
2014 |
Bobby, The Policeman
Music & Singing |
The Fishermas's Brides (Tete a Tete Opera Festival) Tete a Tete Opera Festival |
Kings Place, London |
2014 |
Frederik
Music & Singing |
Pirates of Penzance (Berwick Festival Opera) Rocket Opera |
Berwick Town Hall |
2014 |
Aeneas
Music & Singing |
Dido & Aeneas Rocket Opera |
Berwick Town Hall |
2014 |
Nanki Poo
Music & Singing |
The Mikado Opera Anywhere |
Waterperry House |
2014 |
Frederik
Music & Singing |
Pirates of Penzance Opera Anywhere |
Waterperry House |
2014 |
Tenor Soloist
Music & Singing |
A Night at the Opera Black Cat Opera |
Millenium Hotel, South Kensington, London |
2014 |
Tenor Soloist
Event |
Mendlessohn - Elijah Andover Choral Society & Anton Sinfonia |
|
2014 |
Tenor Soloist
Event |
St John Passion - Bach Bury Bach Choir & Suffolk Baroque Players |
|
2014 |
Tenor Soloist
Event |
Petite Messe Solenelle - Rossini The Sage gateshead |
King's Hall, Newcastle |
2014 |
Tenor Soloist
Event |
Mozart Requiem & Mozart Vespers Northern Praeclassica |
Newcastle |
2014 |
Oratorio
Event |
Dream of Gerontius - Elgar Rosenthe Singers |
Dunblane Cathedral |
2014 |
Tenor Soloist, Operetta
Music & Singing |
Sage Gateshead & Royal Northern Sinfonia Light Opera Join in & Sing event |
The Sage Gateshead |
2014 |
classical oratorio
Event |
Mendelssohn Elijah Choral Society |
|
2013 |
Guest Soloist
Event |
Music from the Heart Tynedale Singers |
St Hilda's Church, North Shields |
2013 |
Dantine (cover)
Music & Singing |
The Perfect American English National Opera |
Coliseum |
2013 |
Mozart - Don Ottavio cover
Music & Singing |
Don Giovanni Scottish Opera |
Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness & Aberdeen |
2013 |
Mozart
Music & Singing |
Don Giovanni Unwrapped (Ottavio) Scottish opera |
|
2013 |
Opera
Event |
Trial by Jury - Defendant Rocket Opera |
Berwick Guildhall and Sage Gateshead |
2013 |
Soloist
Music & Singing |
Opera Gala Concert InterOpera |
Bowes Museum |
2013 |
Don Jose
Music & Singing |
Carmen (semi staged) Rocket Opera |
The Sage Gateshead |
2013 |
Guest
Music & Singing |
John Cage Dinner Party Stephen Montague |
St John's Smith Square |
2013 |
Oratorio
Event |
Rossini Stabat Mater & Gounod St Cecilia Mass Priory Singers |
|
2013 |
Promenade Concert
Event |
Gala Concert North East Promenaders Against Cancer |
Newcastle City Hall |
2013 |
Gala Concert
Event |
Opera Gala Concert Boston Choral Society & Orchestra |
Boston |
2013 |
Soloist
Event |
Tennyson in Song John Batchelor Lecture |
Literary & Philosophical Society Newcastle |
2012 |
Oratorio
Event |
Jones A Prodigal Son Chiswick Choir & Orchestra |
|
2012 |
oratorio
Event |
Mendelssohn Elijah Rosenthe Singers |
Dunblane Cathedral |
2012 |
Concert
Event |
Verdi Requiem Cobweb Orchestra |
|
2012 |
Don Ottavio & Vogelsang
Music & Singing |
Interludes English National Opera Operaworks |
Saddlers Wells Theatre |
2012 |
Christmas Concert
Event |
Christmas Music English National Opera Community Choir |
Westminster Cathedral |
2012 |
Guest
Music & Singing |
John Cage Dinner Party ENO Musicircus |
Coliseum |
2012 |
Alfredo and Core Tenor
Music & Singing |
Know the Show La Traviata ENO Baylis |
|
2012 |
Tamino and Core Tenor
Music & Singing |
Know the Show Magic Flute ENO Baylis |
|
2012 |
Gastone
Music & Singing |
La Traviata InterOpera |
tour |
2012 |
Pliable/Superstition/Celestial Voice (Cover)
Music & Singing |
Vaughan Williams Pilgrim's Progress English National Opera |
Coliseum |
2010 |
Oratorio
Event |
Puccini Messa di Gloria MidNorthumberland Chorus |
Morpeth |
2010 |
Mendelsohn - Elijah
Event |
Chiswick Choir & Orchestra |
|
2010 |
Handel - Messiah
Event |
Grimsby Philharmonic, Eastern Sinfonia |
|
2010 |
Handel - Judas Maccabeus
Event |
Lanercost Festival |
|
2009 |
Mendelsohn - Elijah
Event |
Central Newcastle High School Festival Chorus |
|
2009 |
Mendelsohn - Elijah
Event |
Bradford Chorale |
|
2006 |
Weir - Vanishing Bridegroom
Event |
AGOS |
|
2006 |
Handel - Rinaldo
Event |
AGOS |
|
2006 |
Bizet - Carmen
Event |
OperaLab |
|
2006 |
Wagner - Die Meistersinger
Event |
Edinburgh International Festival |
|
2006 |
Mozart - Zaide
Event |
Edinburgh International Festival |
|
2006 |
Britten - Curlew River
Theatre |
Edinburgh International Festival |
|
2005 |
Mozart - Don Giovanni - Don Ottavio
Music & Singing |
AGOS |
|
2005 |
Mozart - Pedrillo - Entfuhrung
Music & Singing |
AGOS |
|
2005 |
Puccini - Turandot - Pang
Music & Singing |
AGOS |
|
2005 |
Mozart - Figaro - Don Basilio
Music & Singing |
AGOS |
|
2005 |
Massenet - Manon - DES GRIEUX
Music & Singing |
AGOS |
|
2005 |
Verdi - Falstaff - BARDOLFO
Music & Singing |
Alexander Gibson Opera School |
|
2005 |
Judith Weir - Vanishing Bridegroom - MIDDLE SON
Music & Singing |
Alexander Gibson Opera School |
|
2005 |
Benjamin Britten - Curlew River - Chorus of Pilgrims
Music & Singing |
Edinburgh Festival |
|
2004 |
Sullivan - Yeoman of the Guard - Fairfax
Music & Singing |
Tynemouth Gilbert and Sullivan Society |
|
2004 |
Donizetti - L'elisir D'Amore - Nemorino
Music & Singing |
AGOS |
|
2003 |
German - Merrie England
Theatre |
Tynemouth Operatic Society |
|
2001 |
Guest singer
Event |
Zurich Ballet at Sadlers Wells theatre |
|
2001 |
Band of Brothers Television series, singing voice of soldier
Music & Singing |
Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks |
|
1996 |
Leowe - My Fair Lady - Freddy Eynsford Hill
Theatre |
WBOS |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
---|---|---|
2012 | ENO Operaworks | English National Opera |
2006 | MMus Opera | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Opera School |
2005 | Intensive Voice Lessons | Gilles Denizot Voice Studio |
2005 | PG Dip Mus Opera | Alexander Gibson Opera School, RSAMD |
2002 | Dip HE RCM | Royal College of Music, London |
1999 | SUPA, Sunderland University Progression Agreement | (External) University of Sunderland |
About me
Austin Gunn made his professional operatic debut in the Edinburgh International Festival as Vorsinger in Zaide with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras. Other EIF performances include 1st Tenor Soloist in Curlew River and Zweite Lehrbube in Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.For Scottish Opera he covered Don Ottavio, directed by Sir Thomas Allen, and sang the role in the Unwrapped performances throughout Scotland.
His English National Opera debut was in Stephen Montague's 'John Cage Dinner Party' for ENO MusiCircus, other ENO work includes an ENO Late Shift Recital at the National Portrait Gallery, Magic Flute 'Know the Show' and La Traviata 'Know the Show' for ENO Baylis, cover Pliable/Superstition/Celestial Voice in Pilgrim's Progress and cover Dantine in The Perfect American at the Coliseum, and in preproduction workshop performances as Security Guard in Between Worlds and Gizmo 3 in The Way Back Home. He also appears as Nanki-Poo and Don Ottavio for ENO Opera Squad in removed .
Austin is principal tenor for Rocket Opera, and a principal guest tenor for Opera Anywhere, Black Cat Opera, Opera Seria, InterOpera and Impromptu Opera.
Recording and film credits to date include Maxwell Davies 'Solstice of Light', Britten's 'Curlew River', Beethoven's 'Fidelio' and Wagner 'Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg', and Montague 'John Cage Dinner Party' all for BBC Radio 3, a recital of song for American television network PBS, and as the singing voice of a German soldier in the television series 'Band of Brothers' directed by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.
Additional skills:
Austin is equally at home in high baroque performance especially in the music of Handel, Vivaldi and Bach, contemporary classical music where he has performed Tansy Davies, Joanna Lee, Lucie Treacher, Maxwell Davies, Philip Glass and Alistair Jones A Prodigal Son (with the title role written for Austin) and gala concerts where he has performed Puccini, Verdi, Massenet and Bizet conducted by Royal Opera House music staff and can be heard in intimate dinner recitals at restaurants for Impromptu Opera throughout the North of England.
License & Passport
Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
Languages Spoken | English, French, German, Italian |
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Dance Styles | Ballroom, Contemporary |
Vocal Types | Tenor |
Singing Styles | Adult Contemporary, Choral, Legit/Classical, Musical Theatre, Opera |
Musical Skills | French Horn, Guitar, Harpsichord, Organ, Piano/Keyboards |