BIO

British tenor Joseph Buckmaster has established himself as a versatile performer, equally at ease on the opera stage and concert platform. Recent and forthcoming engagements include his debut with Opera North, covering Don Curzio in Le nozze di Figaro, and a return to Opera Holland Park as Pang in Turandot.

Recent highlights include Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor for Opera Holland Park, Rodolfo in La bohème for Longborough Festival Opera, Malcolm in Macbeth for Mid Wales Opera, and his debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Verdi’s Requiem. Earlier appearances for Opera Holland Park include Rodolfo in La bohème and Monsieur Triquet in Eugene Onegin.

Joseph enjoys an ongoing relationship with IF Opera, where he performed Ruggero in La rondine and later returned as a guest artist in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Iolanta. In 2021, he made his debut with Grange Park Opera in the world première of The Life and Death of Alexander Litvinenko, singing Male 1.

A graduate of both the Royal Northern College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music, Joseph’s operatic training included performances as Apollo in Semele and Alméric in Iolanta.

His concert work encompasses a broad repertoire, including Verdi’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Judas Maccabaeus, Foundling Hospital Anthem, Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and St John Passion, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Mozart’s Requiem, Ramírez’s Misa Criolla, and Puccini’s Messa di Gloria.

In addition to his work as a performer, Joseph is Artistic Director of Flat Pack Music (CIO 1191849), a North West England-based charity committed to widening engagement with opera and classical music through imaginative performance, outreach, and community-led projects.