Award winning, British baritone Samuel Oram has been acclaimed for singing “with fire and gusto” (Seen and Heard International) and for his "...masterful breadth of line” (BBC). He recently appeared as Belcore (L’Elisir d’Amore/Westminster Opera Company), Thoas (Iphigénie en Tauride/Euphonia Opera), Nardo (Finta Giardinera/RCMIOS Scenes), Marquis de la Force (Dialogues des Carmelites/BCO), Oberon (P.U.C.K./RCMIOS) and John in John Joubert’s new composition of Jane Eyre with the English Symphony Orchestra. On the concert platform, Samuel has been commended on "...captur[ing] all the exuberance and subversive intent of the author's text" (The Telegraph) and has performed a wide range of repertoire, including: Earth and Air and Rain (Finzi), Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen (Mahler/Birmingham Sinfonia), The Crucifixion (RCO), The 5 Mystical Songs (Vaughan Williams) and Advodath Hakodesh (Ernst-Bloch/Midlands Chorale). For his work as a concert artist, Samuel is the prizewinner of the Royal Forest of Dean Herbert Howells' Prize; the Birmingham Conservatoire Singing Prize; the Doris Newton Club Prize and he is an Edward Brooks English Song Prize award holder. Samuel enjoys a relationship with many of the UK's top choruses and has recently performed with the choruses of Opera North (Götterdämmerung/Billy Budd) and Grange Park Opera (Samson et Dahlila/La Boheme). Samuel is currently working with Dennis O’Neill at the Wales International Academy of Voice where he has been generously supported by a Help Musicians UK Tutton Award. As an Yvonne Wells Scholar at Royal College of Music, Samuel studied under Peter Savidge and sponsored by the Charles Jacobs' scholarship, The Winship Foundation and the Thistle Trust to complete his studies. Upcoming performances include: Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Schaunard in La Bohéme and the Lakai in Ariadne auf Naxos.
Samuel sang with Fire and Gusto
Samuel maintains his masterful breadth of line through the entire role [of Harlekin]
