Richard Lloyd Owen was born in Denbigh, North Wales. He originally studied Fine Art, gaining a BA (Hons). His passion for singing took him to the Birmingham Conservatoire of Music, followed by Post Graduate Studies at the Trinity College of Music, London.

He has sung in various productions whilst a staff singer at the Royal Opera Covent Garden, and as a principal at the Milan Festival of Music with European Chamber Opera. Richard has performed concerts in such venues as Birmingham Symphony Hall, The Royal Albert Hall, The Royal Festival Hall and throughout Sweden, Germany, plus venues in Colorado USA and Auckland New Zealand.

Richard has an active schedule, singing in over seventy concerts annually, including many of the tenor roles in Oratorio. As a soloist he has performed with Katarina Karneus, Christopher Maltman and the late Peter Glossop.

Opera roles include Rodolfo (La Boheme), Cavaradossi (Tosca), Calaf (Turandot), Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly), Alfredo (La Traviata), Il Duca (Rigoletto), Otello, Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Don Jose (Carmen), Samson (Samson et Delilah), Canio (Il Pagliacci), Turiddu (Cavalleria Rusticana) and McDuff (Macbeth).

Richard possesses an authentic Italianate tenor voice with tonal refulgence that lends itself to the romantic and verismo repertoire. He is currently working with Phillip Thomas.

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