Dingle Yandell - Baritone

British Bass-Baritone Dingle Yandell studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Brian Parsons and now studies singing independently with Jessica Cash. He is currently a Young Artist at The National Opera Studio, London and is the grateful recipient of a Sybil Tutton Opera Award administered by Help Musicians UK.

Recent operatic roles have included Don Alfonso and Figaro from scenes of the Da Ponte Operas at Opera North conducted by Aleksandar Markovic. He has recently given a recital of operatic arias for Rhinegold Live at the Conway Hall, a recital of German Lieder with Ian Burnside and a recital of English Song with Susan Bullock. Future engagements include contemporary opera scenes at Sadler's Wells directed by Graham Vick, scenes from Maria Stuarda and The Rape of Lucretia at Welsh National Opera directed by Elaine Kidd, Monteverdi's L'Orfeo in Germany for Christina Pluhar and L'Arpeggiata and a solo tour with Holland Baroque.

For eight years Dingle toured internationally with the award-winning British ensemble Voces8. Notable performances include Tokyo Opera City and Oji Hall, Tokyo, The Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, St Petersburg, Moscow International House of Music, National Centre for Performing Arts, Beijing, National Concert Hall, Taipei, The Rheingau Festival, Germany, Köln Cathedral, The Minneapolis Basilica, The Wigmore Hall, Cité de la Musique, Paris, and Tel Aviv Opera House. He has also appeared regularly on BBC Radio, Classic FM and MPR and made many recordings for Signum Records and Decca Classics.

Solo concert engagements have included Bach Christmas Oratorio and Handel Messiah at Hitomi Hall, Tokyo, and with the Orchestra of Opera North, Bach Wachet Auf and Erfreut Euch at Dijon Opera House, Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music directed by John Wilson at The Royal Festival Hall, Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols at Isumi Hall, Osaka, 'The Cold Song' from Purcell's King Arthur with Les Inventions, Purcell O Sing Unto the Lord with Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort, Phoebus in Purcell Dido and Aeneus with Christina Pluhar and L'Arpeggiata at The Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht.

In 2013 Dingle composed and performed the Bass-Baritone role for part-improvised opera The Lingerer by Max Perryment, one of ENO's shortlisted mini-operas.

Works performed:
Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 (Choral) - Sun 26 Jun 2016