Meet WNO

Rhydian Jenkins

Welsh tenor Rhydian Jenkins is a graduate of Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, under the tuition of Adrian Thompson and John Fisher, and is currently a Young Artist at the National Opera Studio. A winner of the 2021 MOCSA Young Welsh Singer of the Year and 2019 Bryn Terfel Scholarship, Rhydian’s recent engagements include Anthony Hope Sweeney Todd (Buxton Opera House); Alfred Die Fledermaus (RWCMD) and Don Ottavio Don Giovanni (Saluzzo Opera Academy). He was also an Emerging Artist with Clonter Opera. Other roles include Peter Quint The Turn of the Screw and Basilio The Marriage of Figaro. A holder of the Sybil Tutton Opera Award and the David Goldman Award (The Musicians’ Company), Rhydian is also extremely grateful for the support and sponsorship of The Countess of Munster Musical Trust and The Darkley Trust (Robert Maskrey Scholarship).