Dafydd has recently transitioned from Baritone to Tenor. He was a Welsh National Opera Associate Artist for their 2022/23 Season. Roles at WNO include Stronjek (Stage Technician) in The Makropulos Affair by Janacek, The Agent in the World Premier of Blaze of Glory by David Hackbridge Johnson, Captain / Crook in Bernstein’s Candide and Boris in Cheryomuski by Shostakovich (WNO Youth Opera). He was the soloist in Welsh National Opera’s Return to Vienna concert tour, and recently gave a recital with acclaimed accompanist Malcolm Martineau at the BBC Hoddinot Hall. Dafydd was a finalist in the Welsh Singers Competition 2022, and has won several prizes at the Urdd Eisteddfod and National Eisteddfod of Wales.
Only a few months ago we thought Mid Wales Opera was finished. Now, thanks to a funding lifeline from Powys County Council, we are within touching distance of having a sustainable plan to keep on producing live and local opera across Wales for at least three years.