Andrew Mayor

Andrew was born in Manchester and educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford, singing as a chorister and subsequently as a choral scholar at Magdalen College. He studied singing at the Royal Academy of Music.

An early experience was as soloist in a performance of “Messiah from Scratch” at the Royal Albert Hall, conducted by Sir David Willcocks. Another milestone was singing as bass soloist in Beethoven’s Choral Fantasia with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Maurizio Pollini conducted by Claudio Abbado in the Festspielhaus Salzburg.

Andrew also has a busy operatic career, touring the USA as Danilo (Die lustige Witwe) and throughout Europe as Sharpless (Madama Butterfly) and Rigoletto for Compagnia d’Opera Italiana di Milano. Roles in the UK include Renato (Un ballo in maschera) and the Count (Le Nozze di Figaro) at Holland Park, Ford (Falstaff) for ETO, conducted by Ivor Bolton, and Don Giovanni for Mid Wales Opera. At the Royal Opera House, he sang Starveling in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream conducted by Sir Richard Hickox. In 2023 Andrew sang Don Alfonso (Cosi fan tutte) on tour in the UK and France, including a performance with the Southbank Sinfonia at St John’s Smith Square. This year Andrew sang Donner (Rheingold) and Gunther (Götterdämmerung) in critically acclaimed performances of the full Ring Cycle for Regents Opera in London.

Future plans in 2026 include the title roles in Simon Boccanegra in London and Nabucco in Padua.

Andrew is also a qualified solicitor, has a CELTA qualification to teach English as a foreign language and is training to be a Feldenkrais Practitioner. He is also a member of the British Association of Ski Instructors.