Barry Ryan

Baritone

Australian baritone Barry Ryan graduated with Honours from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and is the recipient of major awards including the Shell National Aria, the Marten Bequest, the Vienna State Opera Award, and multiple Green Room Awards. He was appointed OAM in 2013 for his services to the performing arts. 

Barry has sung with leading companies such as the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Paris Opéra Bastille, Opéra Comique, Teatro alla Scala, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Komische Oper Berlin, Opera Australia, and all major Australasian opera companies. His concert appearances include engagements with the London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and major orchestras across Australia and New Zealand. 

He has created numerous roles in world premieres, including Alex (Bliss), Sam Pickle (Cloudstreet), Scully (The Riders), Wiebbe Hayes (Batavia), Prosecuting Counsel (Lindy), and Barney (The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll).  

Barry lectures in Voice and Opera Performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.