Barry Banks’ outstanding facility in roles by Bellini, Rossini and Donizetti regularly takes him to the world’s leading opera houses.

Barry Banks tenor from England

Current season highlights include Arturo (I puritani) for Welsh National Opera under Carlo Rizzi. Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 with Swedish Chamber Orchestra under Thomas Dausgaard.

Carmina Burana in Czech Philharmonic Orchestra’s New Year’s Day concert conducted by Jakub Hrůša. Mahler’s Symphony No.8 with Utah Symphony Orchestra under Thierry Fischer. And Beethoven’s oratorio Christus am Ölberge with Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid conducted by Fabio Biondi.

Recent opera performances include Arnold (Guillaume Tell) at WNO, the title role in Mitridate, re di Ponto and Don Narciso at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Ernesto (Don Pasquale) at the Royal Opera House, Count Almaviva at Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Idreno (Semiramide) at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples and in his debut at Royal Danish Opera. The role of Don Ramiro (La cenerentola) saw his debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu and he sang Rossini’s Otello at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and at the Salzburger Festspiele. With English National Opera he has appeared as Edgardo (in David Alden’s acclaimed production of Lucia di Lammermoor), Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) and, most recently, the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto.

Experienced performances

Metropolitan Opera

[Met Performance] CID:326580 Metropolitan Opera Premiere A Midsummer Night’s Dream {1} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/25/1996 Debuts: Rodney Gilfry, Nick Stahl, Peter Rose, Barry Banks, William Scot Murray, Nicholas Frisch, Benjamin Ungar, Tim Albery, Antony McDonald, Matthew Richardson, Philippe Giraudeau

[Met Performance] CID:326610 A Midsummer Night’s Dream {2} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/29/1996

[Met Performance] CID:326640 A Midsummer Night’s Dream {3} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/2/1996 Review

[Met Performance] CID:326670 A Midsummer Night’s Dream {4} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/5/1996

[Met Performance] CID:326740 A Midsummer Night’s Dream {5} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/11/1996

[Met Performance] CID:326780 A Midsummer Night’s Dream {6} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/14/1996

[Met Performance] CID:326810 A Midsummer Night’s Dream {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/18/1996

[Met Performance] CID:326840 Opera News A Midsummer Night’s Dream {8} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/21/1996 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:328100 Götterdämmerung {214} Ring Cycle [97] Uncut Metropolitan Opera House; 04/26/1997 Reviews

[Met Performance] CID:350601 New Production Nabucco {15} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/08/2001 Debut: John Napier, Andreane Neofitou Review

[Met Performance] CID:350049 A Midsummer Night’s Dream {9} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/22/2002 Debuts: Susan Chilcott, Justin Brill, Sasha Herman, Daniel Bailen

[Met Performance] CID:350050 A Midsummer Night’s Dream {10} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/25/2002

[Met Performance] CID:350051 A Midsummer Night’s Dream {11} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/02/2002

[Met Performance] CID:350052 A Midsummer Night’s Dream {12} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/06/2002 Debut: Bejun Mehta, Tori Letzler

[Met Performance] CID:350053 A Midsummer Night’s Dream {13} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/10/2002

[Met Performance] CID:350467 Die Entführung aus dem Serail {60} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/20/2003 Debut: Matthias Von Stegmann

[Met Performance] CID:350473 Die Entführung aus dem Serail {61} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/24/2003

[Met Performance] CID:350506 Die Entführung aus dem Serail {62} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/28/2003

[Met Performance] CID:350489 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Die Entführung aus dem Serail {63} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/01/2003 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:350769 Stravinsky {17} Le Sacre du Printemps {17} Le Rossignol {25} Oedipus Rex {17} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/04/2003 Debut: Julie Kent, Bengi Mayone, Victor Chernomortsev, Philip Bosco

[Met Performance] CID:350773 Stravinsky {18} Le Sacre du Printemps {18} Le Rossignol {26} Oedipus Rex {18} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/09/2003

[Met Performance] CID:350778 Stravinsky {19} Le Sacre du Printemps {19} Le Rossignol {27} Oedipus Rex {19} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/13/2003 Debut: Eddie Taketa

[Met Performance] CID:350781 Stravinsky {20} Le Sacre du Printemps {20} Le Rossignol {28} Oedipus Rex {20} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/16/2003

[Met Performance] CID:350942 Stravinsky {21} Le Sacre du Printemps {21} Le Rossignol {29} Oedipus Rex {21} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/23/2003

[Met Performance] CID:350789 Stravinsky {22} Le Sacre du Printemps {22} Le Rossignol {30} Oedipus Rex {22} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/18/2004 Debuts: Amanda McKerrow, Natalie Desch

[Met Performance] CID:350910 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Stravinsky {23} Le Sacre du Printemps {23} Le Rossignol {31} Oedipus Rex {23} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/21/2004 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:350926 L’Italiana in Algeri {69} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/08/2004

[Met Performance] CID:351313 La Cenerentola {24} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/08/2005 Debuts: Antonello Allemandi, Simone Alberghini Review

[Met Performance] CID:351317 La Cenerentola {25} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/13/2005

[Met Performance] CID:351321 La Cenerentola {26} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/17/2005

[Met Performance] CID:351324 La Cenerentola {27} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/20/2005

[Met Performance] CID:351328 La Cenerentola {28} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/24/2005

[Met Performance] CID:351478 New Production Don Pasquale {116} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/31/2006 Review

[Met Performance] CID:351506 Don Pasquale {123} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/25/2006

[Met Performance] CID:352544 La Fille du Régiment {95} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/12/2008 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:352983 La Sonnambula {74} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/03/2009

[Met Performance] CID:352996 L’Elisir d’Amore {255} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/08/2009

[Met Performance] CID:353096 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {575} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/03/2009 Debuts: Edward Parks, Kathleen Smith Belcher Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:353107 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {576} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/08/2009 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:353109 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {577} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/10/2009 Debut: Christophoros Stamboglis

[Met Performance] CID:353118 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {578} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/15/2009

[Met Performance] CID:353124 Der Rosenkavalier {372} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/19/2009 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:353137 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {579} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/24/2009

[Met Performance] CID:353142 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {580} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/27/2009 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:353150 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {581} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/31/2009

[Met Performance] CID:353158 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {582} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/04/2009 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:353163 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {583} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/07/2009

[Met Performance] CID:353389 Il Barbiere di Siviglia {585} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/01/2010 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:353483 Metropolitan Opera Premiere Armida {1} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/12/2010 Debut: Graciela Daniele, Yeghishe Manucharyan, Teele Ude Broadcast/Streamed Review

[Met Performance] CID:353494 Armida {2} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/16/2010 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:353497 Armida {3} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/19/2010 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:353506 Armida {4} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/22/2010

[Met Performance] CID:353516 Armida {5} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/27/2010 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:353525 Armida {6} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/01/2010 HD Simulcast

[Met Performance] CID:353532 Armida {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/04/2010 Debut: Jesse Marks

[Met Performance] CID:353538 Armida {8} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/07/2010

[Met Performance] CID:353546 Armida {9} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/11/2010 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:353552 Armida {10} Metropolitan Opera House; 05/15/2010

[Met Performance] CID:353630 Don Pasquale {130} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/18/2010 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:353790 Don Pasquale {131} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/04/2011

[Met Performance] CID:353824 Armida {11} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/18/2011 Debut: Jamie Verazin Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:353833 Armida {12} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/23/2011

[Met Performance] CID:353838 Armida {13} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/26/2011

[Met Performance] CID:353845 Armida {14} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/01/2011 Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:353853 Armida {15} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/05/2011 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:353904 Capriccio {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/28/2011 Debuts: Morten Frank Larsen, Steven Goldstein, Grant Youngblood, David Chan (Stage Debut) Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:353913 Capriccio {8} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/01/2011

[Met Performance] CID:353925 Capriccio {9} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/07/2011

[Met Performance] CID:353933 Capriccio {10} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/11/2011

[Met Performance] CID:353940 Capriccio {11} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/15/2011

[Met Performance] CID:353949 Capriccio {12} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/19/2011 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:353957 Capriccio {13} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/23/2011 HD Simulcast

[Met Performance] CID:355060 A Midsummer Night’s Dream {14} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/11/2013 Debuts: Riley Costello, Kiki Porter, Benjamin P. Wenzelberg, Thatcher Pitkoff Broadcast/Streamed

[Met Performance] CID:355064 A Midsummer Night’s Dream {15} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/15/2013 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:355075 A Midsummer Night’s Dream {16} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/19/2013

[Met Performance] CID:355084 A Midsummer Night’s Dream {17} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/23/2013

[Met Performance] CID:355090 A Midsummer Night’s Dream {18} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/26/2013

[Met Performance] CID:355098 A Midsummer Night’s Dream {19} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/31/2013 Broadcast

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