Ted Black

Austria-based British tenor Ted Black trained at the Royal College of Music, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and the young artist programme of the Vienna State Opera.

This season sees him perform the roles of Ferrando Cosí fan Tutte, Lysander A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Walther Tannhäuser (Oper Graz); along with recitals and concerts at the Vienna Rathaus, Sheldonian Theatre Oxford, and St. Stephen’s Cathedral Vienna.

Previous seasons’ opera highlights at Wiener Staatsoper and elsewhere include Tebaldo I Vespri Siciliani, 2nd Jude Salome, Erik Der Fliegende Holländer für Kinder, Roderigo Otello (Wiener Staatsoper); Ferrando Così fan Tutte and Don Ottavio Don Giovanni (Opera Wrocław); Lysander A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Opera Zuid); Tamino Die Zauberflöte (Dorset Opera Festival & Royal College of Music); and Gonzalve L’heure Espagnole (Royal College of Music); and the covers of covers of Ferrando Cosi fan Tutte, Chevalier de la Force Dialogues des Carmélites, Belmonte Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Eurimaco Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, Borsa Rigoletto, Rodolphe Guillaume Tell, and Ferdinand The Tempest (Wiener Staatsoper). Another highlight of last season was a gala of opera and French mélodie at the Royaumont Abbey in France, with sopranos Véronique Gens and Natalie Dessay.

A laureate of the Académie Orsay-Royaumont and a Samling Artist, his extensive concert work has included performances at the Wigmore Hall, Musée d’Orsay, Opéra de Lille, Oxford International Song Festival, the Schoenberg Centre Vienna, Edinburgh International Festival, Royal Festival Hall, the Academy of Ancient Music, and Nieuwe Philharmonie Urecht. He has performed with conductors including Philippe Jordan, Bertrand de Billy, Carlo Rizzi, Alexander Soddy, Marin Alsop, and Martyn Brabbins.

Last summer, Ted recorded his first full length studio album, Hold Fast to Dreams, a recording of the songs of Florence Price, due to be released in early 2025. He can also be heard with Dylan Perez, on the album ‘Voyage à Paris’, on the French record label, B-Records.

Updated September 2024