
Described by The Guardian as “The finest British bass of his generation”, Alastair Miles appears regularly at London’s Royal Opera House and in the UK has also sung for English National Opera, Glyndebourne, Grange Park Opera, Scottish Opera and Welsh National Opera, his repertoire including the title role in Boïto’s Mefistofele, Claggart (Billy Budd), Arkel (Pelléas et Mélisande), Enrico (Anna Bolena), Alfonso d’Este (Lucrezia Borgia), Leporello (Don Giovanni), Timur (Turandot), King Philip 11 (Don Carlo), Zaccaria (Nabucco), Fiesco (Simon Boccanegra), and Daland (Der fliegende Holländer).
International engagements have taken him to the Metropolitan Opera, New York; the Salzburg Easter and Summer Festivals; the Theater an der Wien; the Wiener Staatsoper; the Flanders Opera; the Opéra Royal de Wallonie; the Opéra de Lille; the Opéra national de Paris; the Bavarian State Opera; the Deutsche Oper, Berlin; Oper Köln; the Dutch National Opera; and the Teatro Real, Madrid. He has also sung widely in concert with major conductors throughout the UK, Europe and North America. He has made over ninety recordings, including a recital disc of Brahms and Wolf for Signum Classics, as well as a huge variety of operatic repertoire.
Highlights of his recent career have included Strominger (La Wally) at the Theater an der Wien (now available on Unitel DVD / Blu-Ray), Arkel (Pelléas et Mélisande) for the Orchestre National de France, Melisso (Alcina) and Father Trulove (The Rake’s Progress) for Glyndebourne, Le Baili (Werther) and Crespel (Les contes d’Hoffmann) for London’s Royal Ballet and Opera, Commendatore (Don Giovanni) at Zürich Opera, Lord Gordon (Mary, Queen of Scots) and Don Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia) for English National Opera, Prospero (Miranda) for Oper Köln, Silva (Ernani) for Buxton International Festival and Schumann’s Szenen aus Goethes Faust with Orquesta y Coro nacionales de España.