Meet WNO

Neil Balfour

Neil Balfour is a graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music and the National Opera Studio. A former Britten-Pears and Concordia artist, he is the first opera singer to be booked by the Glastonbury Festival and the first to beatbox in an opera at Longborough Festival Opera. He has also performed with companies including Opera Holland Park, English Touring Opera, Mananan Opera and Hull Urban Opera.

Recent engagements: Ibn al-Haytham Al-Haytham’s Light (English Touring Opera); Punch Crocodile (Hull Urban Opera); Mercurio La Calisto (Longborough Festival Opera)