Overview
Baritone Dafydd Allen is a postgraduate student at the Royal College of Music (RCM) studying with Brindley Sherratt. He is a Cuthbert Smith Scholar and supported by the Ryan Davies Memorial Fund.
Dafydd was one of the Apostles in Elgar’s Apostles at the Royal Festival Hall with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins and has participated in RCM Masterclasses with Michael Chance and Dennis O’Neil.
Dafydd was a finalist in the Kathleen Ferrier Bursary for young singers representing RCM. He is a frequent prize winner in the Urdd Eisteddfod and National Eisteddfod of Wales.
Most recently, Dafydd played the Father in the RCM’s International Opera Studio’s production of Hansel and Gretel. He’s played the role of Masetto in Don Giovanni for Opra Cymru, Speaker in The Magic Flute for RCM’s Opera Studio and the role of William Minnock in the world premiere of Madeleine by David Hackbridge Johnson with Surrey Opera.