Ambrose Connolly

Baritone

Bio

Ambrose Connolly is a British baritone and graduate of University College London, where he studied Russian and French. He went on to train at the Kazan State Conservatoire under Ekaterina Laider, and later completed a Master’s in Advanced Vocal Studies at the Wales International Academy of Voice in Cardiff under Dennis O’Neill. He was the winner of the 2020 Serebranie Rosi International Opera Singing Prize and was one of eight singers selected for the Glyndebourne Academy in 2021.

Notable roles include Guglielmo Così fan tutte (Cardiff Opera), Germont La traviata (North Wales Opera Studio), Eugene Onegin Eugene Onegin (Bath Opera), and most recently the title role in Eugene Onegin (HGO, London). In 2024, he performed the roles of Fiorello and Baron Duphol with Diva Opera. In 2025, he will return to Diva Opera as the Notary in Don Pasquale and Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro on their European tour.

Ambrose is currently taught by Russell Smythe.

Ambrose’s time at the Studio is supported by Alison and Malcolm Thwaites and Lisa and Matthew Newick with additional support from Chris Ball.

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