Jack Dolan

Born and raised in Manchester, Jack Dolan is currently based in London. He is a graduate of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, having studied with Maureen Brathwaite, Sarah Pring and Adrian Thompson. At Guildhall, Jack was a John S Cohen Foundation Scholar and a Baroness de Turkenheim Scholar, supported by the Drapers' Company.

 

Jack’s musical roots lie in rock and blues, and he studied guitar for six years whilst developing a love for Classical music. His eclectic musical tastes, from rock to musical theatre, sparked a fascination with vocal music and motivated his research into all different types of singing. Originally, he intended to follow an academic path and become a teacher; however, he was persuaded by soprano Claire Surman to change his path to study at Conservatoire and train as a tenor.

 

Jack works as a freelance singer and enjoys a busy performance career. His recent engagements include Ernesto with Longhope Opera and the Scherzo Ensemble, Jeník in The Bartered Bride at Opéra-de-Baugé and as an Alvarez Young Artist at Garsington Opera, where he also covered the role Marzio in Mitridate, re di Ponto, and Don Ottovia in Don Giovanni with Cumbria Opera Group. Further roles include: Father Grenville in Heggie's Dead Man Walking, The Lover in Smyth's Fête Galante, Peppe (Benny) in Donizetti’s Rita, Der Anführer in Weill's Der Zar lässt sich photographieren, Bill in Barber’s A Hand of Bridge, Ferrando in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Raoul de Gardefeu in Offenbach’s La Vie Parisienne, Tamino in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and Henry Crawford in Dove's Mansfield Park.

 

 

Jack joins ETO this autumn to sing the role of Bobyl in Rimsy Korsakov’s The Snowmaiden