FELIX KEMP – BIOGRAPHY
Felix Kemp’s singing has been described as “plangent” (Gramophone), “stentorian” (Opera Magazine) and “phrased with elegance” (The Stage).
A Britten-Pears Young Artist and Momentum Emerging Artist, Felix Kemp made his Royal Opera House debut in Don Carlo in the 2022/23 season. This season Felix performs the role of Falke Die Fledermaus for If Opera, Belcore L’elisir d’amore for Celebrate Voice, creates the role of Dick Dewy in the world première of Paul Carr’s Under the Greenwood Tree for Dorset Opera and covers Marcello La bohème for English National Opera.
In the previous season, Felix sang Papageno Die Zauberflöte for Dorset Opera and made his debut with Welsh National Opera creating the role of Adham in the world première of Will Todd’s Migrations. Felix has sung with companies including Grange Park Opera, English Touring Opera, British Youth Opera, Longborough Festival Opera and Wexford Festival Opera; his roles including Eugene Onegin, Giove La Calisto, Malatesta Don Pasquale and Masetto Don Giovanni.
On the concert platform, this season Felix performs Britten Curlew River for Britten Pears Arts at the Aldeburgh Festival (filmed for BBC broadcast), Duruflé Requiem with Sinfonia Viva at Southwell Minster, Handel Messiah at the London Handel Festival and at Winchester Cathedral with Floregium, Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony at Hereford Cathedral, Verdi Requiem at York Minster and Zelenka Lamentations on tour with Ensemble Diderot to Opéra de Rouen and Kölner Philharmonie.
Recent highlights include Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Barbican, Vaughan Williams Dona nobis pacem with Britten Sinfonia at the Brighton Festival and Bach Mass in B minor with the Opole Philharmonic Orchestra. Previous highlights include a Mozart Requiem tour with the Israel Camerata Jerusalem and Schubert Lieder (orch. Brahms) with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Felix was a finalist in the 2021 International Handel Singing Competition.
In recital, Felix’s performances include the Royal Opera House Crush Room, the Oxford Lieder and London Song festivals, collaborating with pianists including Sholto Kynoch, Simon Lepper and Huw Watkins. Felix’s recordings include Joseph Phibbs Juliana (Resonus) and Ethel Smyth Fête Galante (Retrospect). Broadcasts include In Tune for BBC Radio 3.
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