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British baritone Dominic Sedgwick is fast establishing himself as a singer with unique vocal colour and physical dynamism.

The 2026/27 season sees Dominic make his role debut as the Traveller (and other multi roles) in Death in Venice in Italy for Teatro Grande di Brescia, Teatro Sociale di Como, Teatro Fraschini Pavia, amongst others. He sings Adonis in Venus and Adonis with Le Banquet Céleste in Brest and at Opera de Rennes. Future seasons see him debut at Opéra de Dijon, Opéra d'Avignon and Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg.

Last season Dominic reprised his role as Mercurio La Calisto for Opéra de Rennes, Angers-Nantes Opéra, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, and Théâtre de Caen. He also made role and house debuts at Teatro Massimo di Palermo as Aeneas Dido and Aeneas, and at the Buxton International Festival as Danilo Merry Widow.

Further previous engagements include, Mercurio La Calisto for Festival d’Aix-en-Provence; Ned Keene Peter Grimes for Welsh National Opera; Robin Oakapple Ruddigore for Opera North; Schaunard La bohème for Orchestre National Montpellier and the Royal Opera; Sid Albert Herring for Opera North; Marullo Rigoletto and English Clerk Death in Venice for the Royal Opera; Belcore L’elisir d’amore for Opéra National de Bordeaux; Anthony in Giorgio Battistelli’s Julius Caesar for Teatro dell’Opera di Roma; Melot Tristan und Isolde for the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence; Brother The Seven Deadly Sins for Teatro Colón; Harlequin Ariadne auf Naxos for Opera North; Figaro Il barbiere di Siviglia for West Green House Opera; Albert Werther for Grange Park Opera.

On the concert platform, recent engagements include Marullo Rigoletto with Jérémie Rhorer/Le Cercle de l’Harmonie at the Philharmonie de Paris and for Bremen Musikfest; Dr Falke Die Fledermaus for Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski;  Second Apprentice Wozzeck with Ed Gardner/London Philharmonic Orchestra; Carmina Burana at Cadogan Hall; Beethoven’s Mass in C with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Matthew Halls; Bach’s Johannes Passion with Tampere Philharmonic/Matthew Halls; Messiah with Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra/Bernard Labadie and the RLPO/Sofi Jeannin; Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs at the Three Choirs Festival with the Philharmonia Orchestra/Samuel Hudson and Pilate in Bach’s Matthäus-Passion at the BBC Proms with Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen. Dominic was an Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ‘Rising Star’ from 2019-2022 and worked extensively with the orchestra, performing works including the Messiah alongside their acclaimed ‘Bach, the Universe and Everything’ series. 

A keen recitalist, Dominic has performed at London’s Wigmore Hall, the Oxford International Song Festival, the Royal Opera House and has featured on song discs with Malcolm Martineau and Dylan Perez. 

Dominic was a member of the Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Young Artists Programme 2017-2019 where his roles included Kuligin in a new production of Káťa Kabanová, Novice’s Friend in a new production of Billy Budd, Moralès in a new production of Carmen and Third Ghost Child in the world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Coraline. His cohort of Jette Parker artists were nominated for a 2020 Olivier Award for ‘Outstanding Achievement in Opera’. 

He studied at Clare College, Cambridge and is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama’s Opera School where he studied with Robert Dean.