Darwin Prakash

Since the 2022/23 Season, Darwin Prakash has been a member of the opera ensemble of the Staatsoper Hannover, singing the roles of Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Marcello in La Bohème, Conte Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Duke of Albany in Lear and a particularly acclaimed Chou-En-Lai in Nixon in China. In the 21/22 Season, he was a member of the Young Singers Programme at Staatsoper Hannover, where appeared in Erdan Mondtag’s widely discussed production of Marschner’s Der Vampyr and the German premiere of Leonard Ever’s Humanoid. Other operatic highlights include the German premiere of the award-winning production by Ted Huffman of Philip Venables’ Denis and Katya, Belcore in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’amore at the Waterperry Opera Festival, Zad Moultaka’s Hamed und Sherifa, Kaherdin in Frank Martin’s Le vin herbé, and Fiorello in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia at Staatsoper Hannover.

Further highlights of Mr. Prakash’s recent appearances include Leporello in Don Giovanni at Opera Holland Park, Geronimo in Cimarosa‘s Il Matrimonio Segreto at Royal Opera House Mumbai, Lysander in the Vivaldi, Händel & Rameau Pasticcio The Enchanted Island with British Youth Opera (cover), and Sacerdote di Minerva in Händel’s Teseo at the London Händel Festival. At the Royal Academy Opera, he portrayed Ibn-Hakia in Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta, Immigration Officer in Dove’s Flight, and Escamillo in Peter Brook’s production of La Tragédie de Carmen.

Recent concert work of Darwin comprised his Songs of War recital at St. James Piccadilly, a programme of Jewish songs at Jüdisches Kulturzentrum Hannover, the bass solos for Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 at Marlborough College and Händel’s Messiah at Arundel Cathedral in the UK.

Darwin Prakash won numerous awards and prizes. In 2019, he won the National Mozart Competition in the UK, and in 2021 he was awarded the Premio Extraordinario at the Tenor Viñas International Competition. He is the recipient of the inaugural Gus Christie Award at the Glyndebourne Opera Festival.

Born in Mumbai, Darwin Prakash obtained a degree in Geology at the University of Delhi. He was then discovered and brought to the UK by the eminent British vocal pedagogue Dr Robert Alderson in 2014 to pursue vocal studies. After six months of preparation in Manchester with Dr. Alderson, he got admitted at the Royal Academy of Music in London where he studied for the next four years with Mark Wildman. He was subsequently awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Excellence upon graduation in 2019. He is an alumnus of the Georg Solti Accademia Di Bel Canto and the Glyndebourne Academy and a former Young Artist at Opera Holland Park.