Keyboard ability
Expert
Vocal ability
Classically trained
Vocal range
Tenor
Composer ability
Expert
Producer ability
Expert
Singing styles
Favourite genres
- Pop
- Rock
- Indie
- Electronic
- Hip-hop
- Jazz
- Classical
- Country
In the musical theatre/cross over world:
Among other credits, he has performed with the Australian group The Ten Tenors for many years. His time with the group included numerous highlights: TV appearances such as the Jerry Lewis Telethon, USA; Carols by Candlelight, Australia; Verstehen sie Spass, Germany; and the Allsång festivals in Norway and Sweden; as well as recording the live DVD Amigos Para Siempre in Madrid with the RTVE orchestra. He was the singing voice behind the 2-year Foster’s Carlton Draught ad campaign Slow Motion – Made from Beer. (Australia - national)
In the classical world:
Last season saw Boyd making his debut with new companies and in a number of new roles. He began working with Michigan Opera Theatre, Detroit (USA), and also continued working in China. In Wuhan he sang his first Alfredo in Verdi’s La Traviata, for Melbourne Opera’s New Year China tour; he debuted his first Puccini role, that of Rodolfo in La Bohème, in the MGlam/Canti Classic’s Opera Series in Shanghai; and he debuted the role of the Evangelist in Bach’s St John’s Passion, also in Shanghai, with conductor Fred Sjöberg and the Shanghai International Choral League. He then joined the Spazio Musica Summer Festival in Orvieto, Italy, to sing his first Elvino in Bellini’s La Sonnambula, overseen by esteemed conductor Maurizio Arena. After this he returned to New Zealand/Australia to make his debut as the Duke of Mantua in Verdi’s Rigoletto, with Eternity Opera in Wellington, and to sing Rodrigo in the Australian première of Rossini’s Otello, with Melbourne Opera.
The previous season began with a very exciting debut for Boyd. He sang the tenor solo in Orff’s Carmina Burana at Carnegie Hall, which marked his classical debut, not only in New York, but also the USA. Immediately following this he returned to Shanghai, China, to sing in Mendelssohn’s Elijah and then won first prize in the Sydney Eisteddfod Operatic Scholarship singing competition.
Other seasons included: (Italy) Lindoro in Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri conducted by Bruno Campanella (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence). Don Narciso in Rossini’s Il Turco in Italia (Teatro Municipale di Piacenza and Teatro Alghieri di Ravenna). Ernesto in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale and Quint in Britten’s Turn of the Screw (Teatro Comunale di Bologna). Prince Ramiro in Rossini’s La Cenerentola (Teatro dell’Opera Giocosa, Savona). Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’Elisir D’Amore and Don Basilio in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (Spazio Musica, Orvieto). (Australia) Riccardo Percy in Anna Bolena (Melbourne Opera). His Symphonic concert work has included: (China) Handel’s Messiah, Orff’s Carmina Burana and Puccini’s Messa Di Gloria (Shanghai). (Italy) Britten’s Ballad of Heroes, conducted by Aziz Shokhakimov (Teatro Comunale di Bologna). Schubert’s Mass in G Major (Alessandria). International Vocal Competitions: First prize in the men’s section of the 18th International Spazio Musica Singing Competition (Orvieto, Italy). Second Prize in the 2015 New Zealand Aria (Rotorua, New Zealand) and the Herald Sun Aria (Melbourne, Australia), and semi-finalist in the Hans Gabor Belvedere competition (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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