Biography
Australian tenor, Bradley Daley has won critical and popular praise for some of opera's most expansive tenor roles - Siegfried, Der Kaiser, Otello, Florestan, Canio, Don José and Erik. Most notable have been his interpretations of Mao Tse-tung (Nixon in China) and the tenor solos in The Dream of Gerontius.
In Australia Bradley has performed with Opera Australia - Curley (Of Mice and Men - Green Room Award), Don José (Carmen), Siegmund (Der Ring des Nibelungen) and Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly). For Opera Queensland - Florestan (Fidelio), Rodolfo (La bohème), Dick Johnson (La fanciulla del West); State Opera of South Australia - Otello, Narraboth (Salome), Canio (Pagliacci); Victorian Opera - Mao Tse-tung (Nixon in China - Green Room Award), Erik (Der fliegende Holländer); for the State Opera of South Australia Walther (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) and Bob Boles (Peter Grimes) for the Brisbane Festival.
In 2018 Bradley debuted the role of Siegfried (Der Ring des Nibelungen and Götterdämmerung) for Opera Kiel.
In 2019 he debuted the role of Der Kaiser (Die Frau ohne Schatten) followed by another complete Ring cycle for Opera Kiel. He also toured nationally singing Pinkerton in OA's production of Madama Butterfly.
In 2020, Bradley was the first person to perform a solo classical recital post-Covid in Australia, for Opera Qld. Since then he has performed the role of Barney (Summer of the Seventeenth Doll) for the State Opera of South Australia.
Internationally he has sung with Opera North, Welsh National Opera, English National Opera, Holland Park Opera, Co-Opera Ireland and performed regularly with Muziektheatre Transparent in Belgium, Compagnia d'Opera Italiana di Milano, Opera Nomade in Paris. In 2005 he was invited to give the first performance of a Western opera at the Hanoi Opera House.
Concert performances include Rachmaninoff's The Bells, Dvoràk's Stabat Mater, Verdi's Requiem, Puccini's Messa di Gloria, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Die erste Walpurgisnacht for the Prague Music Festival, Messiah with the Britten Sinfonia at Snape Maltings and Elgar's The Kingdom and The Dream of Gerontius at Melbourne Town Hall.
November 2020
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Australian tenor, Bradley Daley has won critical and popular praise for some of opera’s most expansive tenor roles – Siegfried, Der Kaiser, Otello, Florestan, Canio, Don José and Erik. Most notable have been his interpretations of Mao Tse-tung (Nixon in China) and the tenor solos in The Dream of Gerontius.
In Australia Bradley has performed with Opera Australia – Curley (Of Mice and Men - Green Room Award), Don José (Carmen), Siegmund (Der Ring des Nibelungen) and Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly). For Opera Queensland - Florestan (Fidelio), Rodolfo (La bohème), Dick Johnson (La fanciulla del West); State Opera of South Australia – Otello, Narraboth (Salome), Canio (Pagliacci); Victorian Opera - Mao Tse-tung (Nixon in China - Green Room Award), Erik (Der fliegende Holländer); for the State Opera of South Australia Walther (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) and Bob Boles (Peter Grimes) for the Brisbane Festival.
In 2018 Bradley debuted the role of Siegfried (Der Ring des Nibelungen and Götterdämmerung) for Opera Kiel.
In 2019 he debuted the role of Der Kaiser (Die Frau ohne Schatten) followed by another complete Ring cycle for Opera Kiel. He also toured nationally singing Pinkerton in OA’s production of Madama Butterfly.
In 2020, Bradley was the first person to perform a solo classical recital post-Covid in Australia, for Opera Qld. Since then he has performed the role of Barney (Summer of the Seventeenth Doll) for the State Opera of South Australia.
Internationally he has sung with Opera North, Welsh National Opera, English National Opera, Holland Park Opera, Co-Opera Ireland and performed regularly with Muziektheatre Transparent in Belgium, Compagnia d'Opera Italiana di Milano, Opera Nomade in Paris. In 2005 he was invited to give the first performance of a Western opera at the Hanoi Opera House.
Concert performances include Rachmaninoff’s The Bells, Dvoràk's Stabat Mater, Verdi's Requiem, Puccini's Messa di Gloria, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Die erste Walpurgisnacht for the Prague Music Festival, Messiah with the Britten Sinfonia at Snape Maltings and Elgar’s The Kingdom and The Dream of Gerontius at Melbourne Town Hall.
November 2020
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