Theodore Platt

British-Russian baritone Theodore Platt, celebrated for his ‘warm and powerful English baritone’ (Music OMH), is one of opera’s most promising young voices. A recent member of the Bayerische Staatsoper Opera Studio, he was awarded the prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Trust (BBT) Fellowship.

The 2024/25 season marks a new chapter for Theodore Platt, as he joins the ensemble of the Copenhagen Opera, marking a significant milestone in his career. In this capacity, he takes on several important roles, showcasing his versatility as a baritone across various operatic styles. These include his debut as Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Lord Cecil in Maria Stuarda, and his debut as the titular character Figaro in Gioachino Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia. Mr. Platt’s concert season includes an appearance at the Eppaner Liedsommer classical music festival in South Tyrol, Italy, where he will give a recital alongside pianist Keval Shah. Under the direction of Roberto Gonzales-Monjas, Theodore Platt performs Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 at the Großes Festspielhaus in Salzburg.

Theodore Platt was featured on Jonathan Tetelman’s Deutsche Grammophon album ‘The Great Puccini,’ where he performed the role of Marcello in excerpts from La bohème. With the Culiner Creative Circle, Platt and Keval Shah produced audiovisual performances of Jean Sibelius’s ‘Var det en Dröm?’ and Samuel Barber’s ‘O boundless, boundless evening,’ intended for online release across various streaming platforms.

A sought-after concert artist, the baritone made his Wigmore Hall debut in 2019 as part of Graham Johnson’s Songmakers recital series. In 2021, he performed at the Oxford Lieder Festival and the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg. In 2018-19, Theodore Platt participated in the inaugural French Song Exchange at Wigmore Hall, working closely with Felicity Lott and François Le Roux, and culminating in recitals in London and Paris. In 2022, he returned to Wigmore Hall for a recital alongside Malcolm Martineau.

Platt is the grateful recipient of awards from the 64th Kathleen Ferrier Awards, the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition, the Copenhagen Lied Duo Competition, the Lies Askonas Competition, and the Joan Chissell Schumann Competition. He also received the Thierry Mermod Prize at the Verbier Festival. In 2022, Theodore Platt and Keval Shah won first prize at the 13th International Art Song Competition Stuttgart. The duo performed works by Franz Schubert, Vivian Fung, Hugo Wolf, Frank Bridge, and Benjamin Britten.

Born in London, Mr. Platt studied music at St John’s College, Cambridge, and is an alumnus of the Verbier Festival Academy and the Royal College of Music Opera Studio. He participated in the Internationale Meistersinger Akademie (IMA), leading to performances with the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra and a Schubert recital that was broadcast on BR-Klassik.