sam harris
tenor
Born in Edinburgh (United Kingdom), the young tenor Sam Harris is currently a member of the Opera Studio of the Staatsoper Stuttgart (Germany).
He began his musical career as a boy chorister at Winchester Cathedral, subsequently continuing his studies at the Royal College of Music in London under the guidance of Peter Savidge and Ben Johnson. During these years he performed numerous leading roles, including Camille de Rosillon in The Merry Widow, Il Principe in Respighi’s La Bella Dormente nel Bosco, and Pluto in Offenbach’s Orphée aux enfers.
Harris has taken part in numerous competitions, achieving notable results in prestigious events such as the Hans Gabor Belvedere Competition (semi-finalist, 2025), the Paris Opera Competition (finalist, 2025), and the Kathleen Ferrier Awards (finalist, 2023).
During his first season in Stuttgart in 2024, he made an outstanding debut as Cassio in the première of Silvia Costa’s new production of Otello. He also took part in the première of a new one-man show, Mlarben-Plak! by Shawn Chang, in collaboration with director Lara Yilmaz.
Further titles added to his repertoire include Il Trovatore, Salome, Die Zauberflöte, Parsifal, Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, Idomeneo, Un giorno di regno, Vaughan Williams’s Sir John in Love, The Rake’s Progress, Così fan tutte, and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, among others. These have been presented not only in Stuttgart, but also in theatres and festivals such as Garsington Opera, British Youth Opera, and Opera in Oborne in the United Kingdom, as well as at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland.
Within the symphonic repertoire, he performs works including Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Britten’s Saint Nicolas Cantata, and Mozart’s Mass in C minor, to name but a few, in collaboration with ensembles such as the London Symphony Orchestra, among others.
In the near future, in addition to his engagements in Stuttgart —which include the opera Casanova by Hohenfels and Die Zauberflöte— he will return to Garsington Opera in La Traviata.
Website Sam Harris
He began his musical career as a boy chorister at Winchester Cathedral, subsequently continuing his studies at the Royal College of Music in London under the guidance of Peter Savidge and Ben Johnson. During these years he performed numerous leading roles, including Camille de Rosillon in The Merry Widow, Il Principe in Respighi’s La Bella Dormente nel Bosco, and Pluto in Offenbach’s Orphée aux enfers.
Harris has taken part in numerous competitions, achieving notable results in prestigious events such as the Hans Gabor Belvedere Competition (semi-finalist, 2025), the Paris Opera Competition (finalist, 2025), and the Kathleen Ferrier Awards (finalist, 2023).
During his first season in Stuttgart in 2024, he made an outstanding debut as Cassio in the première of Silvia Costa’s new production of Otello. He also took part in the première of a new one-man show, Mlarben-Plak! by Shawn Chang, in collaboration with director Lara Yilmaz.
Further titles added to his repertoire include Il Trovatore, Salome, Die Zauberflöte, Parsifal, Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, Idomeneo, Un giorno di regno, Vaughan Williams’s Sir John in Love, The Rake’s Progress, Così fan tutte, and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, among others. These have been presented not only in Stuttgart, but also in theatres and festivals such as Garsington Opera, British Youth Opera, and Opera in Oborne in the United Kingdom, as well as at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland.
Within the symphonic repertoire, he performs works including Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Britten’s Saint Nicolas Cantata, and Mozart’s Mass in C minor, to name but a few, in collaboration with ensembles such as the London Symphony Orchestra, among others.
In the near future, in addition to his engagements in Stuttgart —which include the opera Casanova by Hohenfels and Die Zauberflöte— he will return to Garsington Opera in La Traviata.
Website Sam Harris
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