Phillip Rhodes

Baritone

Phillip Rhodes’ has appeared regularly with New Zealand Opera in principal roles including Malatesta Don Pasquale, Alfio Cavalleria rusticana, Silvio Pagliacci, Marcello La bohème, Scarpia Tosca, Geronimo Il matrimonio segreto, and the title roles of Il signore Bruschino, Hohepa. Further highlights include Escamillo Carmen (Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Welsh National Opera, Opera North and Grange Festival); Father Hansel and Gretel and Ford Falstaff (Scottish Opera); Don Pizarro Fidelio (Auckland Philharmonia); Giorgio Germont La Traviata and Enrico Lucia di Lammermoor (Wellington Opera); Figaro The Marriage of Figaro, Renato Un ballo in Maschera (Opera North); Scarpia Tosca (Nederlandse Reisopera); di Luna Il trovatore and King Le Cid (Dorset Opera); Jud Fry Oklahoma! (Grange Park Opera); and Older Man in the world premiere of Tansy Davies’ Between Worlds (English National Opera).

Current and upcoming productions include the title role of Macbeth (New Zealand Opera), Enrico Lucia di Lammermoor (Wellington Opera), Escamillo Carmen (Scottish Opera), and a return to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.