Rupert Charlesworth

Rupert Charlesworth Tenor

Biography

Rupert Charlesworth is performing on the world’s main stages. Past seasons have seen him portray Oronte (Alcina) at Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Tanzmeister (Ariadne auf Naxos), Lysander (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and Damon (Acis and Galatea) at Aix-en-Provence Festival, Sellem (The Rake's Progress) at Glyndebourne Festival, Bob Boles (Peter Grimes) at Lyon Opera, the Prince (The Love of Three Oranges), and Jonathan (Saul) at Komische Oper Berlin, Tamino (The Magic Flute) and Narraboth (Salomé) at Hannover Staatsoper. He made his debut at the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Mozart's Mass in C minor conducted by Edward Gardner.

He also performed Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Noord Nederlands Orkest, The Messiah with La Cetra Barockorchester, the Narrator (Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda) with Orquestra Barroca Casa da Música (Porto) under the baton of Laurence Cummings, as well as the Third Angel and John (Written on skin by George Benjamin) with the Gulbenkian Orchestra Foundation.

In the 2024/25 season, Rupert Charlesworth sang the solo tenor in The Messiah, staged by Damiano Michieletto and also portrayed two roles at the Glyndebourne Festival: The Witch of Endor (Saul) and Don Basilio (Le Nozze di Figaro). On the concert platform, he sings Haydn’s Paukenmesse with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski. He was invited back to the English National Opera to play Lord Darnley in the concert version of Mary, Queen of Scots conducted by Joana Carneiro.