Chinese-Canadian tenor Spencer Britten boasts a “full voice and ringing tone” (La Scena Musicale). When with the International Opera Studio at Staatsoper Unter den Linden, his assignments included Janek Prus in The Makropulos Affair, Erste Priester in Die Zauberflöte, Haushofmeister bei Faninal in Der Rosenkavalier, Silango in Le Cinesi, Kalil in Die Arabische Nacht, Postillione in La Fanciulla del West, Offizier in Ariadne auf Naxos, and Borsa in Rigoletto.
The 2025-2026 season includes Tonio in La fille du regiment with Boston Lyric Opera; concert performances of Carmina Burana and Turandot (Pong) with the Orchestre Philharmonique et Choeur des Mélomanes; and the Hungarian State Opera for Lindoro in L’Italiana in Algeri.
Recent highlights include Lindoro in L’Italiana in Algeri with the Bregenzer Festspiele, Handel’s Messiah with the Vancouver Bach Choir, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and Orchestre Métropolitain with Yannick Nézet-Séguin; covering Don Ottavio at The Glyndebourne Festival; and covering Tonio in La fille du régiment at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
