Adam Gilbert was an Associate Artist with the Welsh National Opera for the 2022/23 season. After 10 years as a baritone, working with leading opera companies in the UK and abroad, Adam transitioned into tenor repertoire, making his debut as a tenor Associate Artist with WNO in the roles of Dad and Queen of Hearts in Will Todd's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, performed in the open air at The National Trust's Dyffryn Gardens. Roles with the company last season included cover Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly, Steva in Jenufa and Passenger/High Oracle and cover Adnan/Zayed in Mohammed Fairouz's newly commissioned opera Al Wasl in Dubai.
Upcoming highlights include reprising the role of Emlyn in Blaze of Glory by David Hackbridge Johnson, cover Erik in The Flying Dutchman, and a concert tour, A Night at the Opera, all with Welsh National Opera.
Recent highlights include his role debut as Alfredo (La Traviata), his role debut as Rodolfo (La Bohème) with Opera Holland Park, performing Father in Kurt Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, and an Opera Favourites Concert tour with the Orchestra of WNO.
Other engagements last season included cover Rodolfo (La Bohème) for English National Opera and cover Marc in The Wreckers for Glyndebourne Festival Opera, where he stepped in for one performance.
Before joining WNO as an Associate Artist, Adam debuted in the role of Florestan in Beethoven’s Fidelio with Opra Cymru, which toured Wales, and he was engaged as Tenor Soloist for ENO Opera Squad in 2019.
Adam graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and completed his training at the National Opera Studio in London, where his studies were generously supported by The Derek Butler Trust, The Winship Foundation, Help Musicians UK, and a Chris Ball Bursary. As a baritone, he worked with WNO, Scottish Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Music Theatre Wales, Wexford Festival Opera, Iford Arts, Mid Wales Opera, and Opera Holland Park.
Adam was one of the first recipients of a Career Development Award from the Bryn Terfel Foundation and was also kindly supported by the Elizabeth Evans Trust and The Fenton Trust.
September 2025
