Teddy Tahu Rhodes

Teddy Tahu Rhodes has established an impressive international career. He sings a wide-ranging repertoire, notable for several world and Australian premiere performances including his award winning performance as Joe (Dead Man Walking). He guests frequently with opera companies in the USA (Washington, Philadelphia, Houston, Cincinnati, San Francisco and Dallas), in Europe (Hamburg, Munich, Paris, Vienna) in the UK (Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera) as well as Opera Australia.

Recent and forthcoming opera engagements include Escamillo (Paris/ Hamburg/Munich/Bilbao/Scottish Opera), Stanley/A Streetcar Named Desire (Vienna/Opera Australia), Count (Cincinnati), Don Giovanni (OA), Lescaut (Leipzig/OA) and Billy Budd (Santa Fe/OA). Following his critically acclaimed debut at the Metropolitan Opera he returns there in the 2009/2010 season.

Concert engagements include recitals at Sydney’s Utzon Room and in Washington, tours with the ACO, BBC Proms, London Philharmonic, Bundaleer Festival 2002/2006, WASO, TSO, NZSO and a sell-out tour with David Hobson. He debuted at New York’s Carnegie Hall in 2009.

His discography includes Faure’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Musical Renegades, Mozart Arias, The Voice and Vagabond/ABC Classics. Other releases include The Little Prince (BBC/Sony International) and You’ll Never Walk Alone (with David Hobson/ABC Classics).

Awards include an ARIA, two Helpmann Awards, MO Award and a Green Room Award.