26-year-0ld baritone Jeremy Boulton of Australian, Greek and English descent joined the Opernstudio of the Gärtnerplatztheater in Munich for the 2023/24 and 2024/25 seasons. He attended the Georg Solti Accademia in 2023. His stage roles have included Marcello in La bohéme, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Il Conte in Le nozze di Figaro, title in Dido & Aeneas, Cascada in Die lustige Witwe, Fiorello in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Baron Reintal in Die Opernprobe, Secret Police Agent in The Consul, Death in Savitri, Uberto in La serva padrona (Pergolesi) and The Bishop/Combeferre in Les Misérables.
As soloist, his concert repertoire includes Ein Deutsches Requiem (Brahms), Requiem (Mozart), Messiah and Dixit Dominus (Händel), Missa Sancti Nikolai (J. Haydn), Messe de Minuit (M.A. Charpentier), Cantatas BWV 38, 82, 166 (J.S. Bach), Regina Coeli (M. Haydn) and Machet die Tore Weit (Telemann). In 2022, Mr. Boulton was awarded the Marianne Mathy Scholarship and Nicole Car Prize at the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition, 1st Prize at the Sydney International Song Prize, 2nd Prize in the Bel Canto Award from the Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Foundation and 2nd Prize in the Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship. He also won the Theater Erfurt engagement at the 41st International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition and joint 1st Prize at the 4th Fresno State Art Song Festival, (California, USA). Other prizes include the Opera Australia Regional Student Scholarship, Marten Bequest Scholarship, George and Margaret Henderson Scholarship, Malcolm Donnelly Award, Demant Dreikurs scholarship, Elizabeth Todd Lieder Prize, Margaret Olive Stewart Bequest Scholarship, John Holt Todd and Florence Todd Scholarship, PATIM Fund Scholarship and a partial Mary Lopez TDP scholarship. He has also received support from the Sidney Myer Fund & The Myer Foundation's National Assistance Program and an Italian language merit scholarship to L'Università Per Stranieri di Perugia through L'Istituto di Cultura, Sydney. From Wollongong, Australia, Mr. Boulton studied at the Opera School of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with Maree Ryan AM. Masterclasses include that by Richard Bonynge AC, CBE, Jessica Pratt, Gerald Finley OC, CBE, Barbara Frittoli, Fabio Armiliato, Graham Pushee and Dr. Graham Johnson OBE. He is also the Co-Creator of opera podcast, 'So You Think You Can Belto?' |