BRADLEY DALEY
Bradley Daley was born in Australia and read music at the University of Southern Queensland and the Queensland Conservatorium before continuing his private studies in the UK.
Some of his roles have included Carlo VII in Giovanna d'Arco, Earl of Leicester in Mary Stuart, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Alfredo in La Traviata, Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore, Turiddu in Cavalleria rusticana, Riccardo in Un ballo in maschera and Manrico in Il trovatore.
He made his English National Opera debut as Rodolfo in La bohème and, with the same company, premiered the role of Staff Officer in Mark Anthony Turnage's The Silver Tassie, and covered the role of Mao Tse Tung in Nixon in China.
He has performed the roles of Billy and Bill in Mahagonny Songspiel and Happy End by Kurt Weil and in the world première of The Triumph of Spirit over Matter by Wim Henderickx for Muziektheatre Transparent in Belgium and The Netherlands.
Oratorio performances have included Dvoràk's Stabat Mater, Verdi's Requiem, Puccini's Messa di Gloria, Die Erste Walpurgisnacht for the Prague Music Festival and Messiah with the Britten Sinfonia at Snape Maltings. He was also a popular Gus in the stage show Cats.
Bradley Daley has been frequently broadcast on BBC and ABC Television & Radio and Channel 4.
In 2007, he returned to Opera North to work on the role of Boris from Janácek's, Kátya Kabanová having sung Lensky in Eugene Onegin at The Richmond Theatre in London. He then toured Australia as tenor soloist in Monty Python’s Not the Messiah with Eric Idle.
Now based in Australia, Bradley continues to perform major principal roles for Opera Australia, Opera Queensland and State Opera of South Australia; he is also a frequent soloist with Australian and New Zealand symphony orchestras. Recently, he took on the leading role at short notice in Opera Queensland’s new production of Fidelio where he gave “a faultless performance as Florestan” (Australian Stage Online) and sang Dick Johnson in State Opera of South Australia’s production of La fanciulla del West.
2010 appearances included Camille (The Merry Widow) in Brisbane and Canio (Pagliacci) in Adelaide. In 2011, he sang Nick in La fanciulla del West for Opera Queensland and Curly in Of Mice and Men and Don Jose in Carmen for Opera Australia.
In 2012, Bradley Daley will appear as a principal artist with Opera Australia and Opera Queensland.
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