Recipient of the Thierry Mermod Prize at the Verbier Festival, and semi - finalist in the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition, baritone Redmond Sanders studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, joining the Opera School in 2024.
English baritone Redmond Sanders joined the Opera School at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2024 under the tutelage of Susan Waters. He is kindly supported by the Robert Easton Scholarship and the Countess of Munster Trust. Redmond is proud to be a Samling Artist.
Recipient of the Thierry Mermod Prize at the Verbier Festival (where he was a member of the Atelier Lyrique 2024), semi - finalist at the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition 2025, and the undergraduate winner of the Brooks Van der Pump competition at the Royal College of Music, Redmond’s previous roles include; Antonio in Le nozze di Figaro, his international debut on the main stage at the Verbier Festival; Corporal Daughter of the Regiment, Grange Park Opera; Vater Hänsel und Gretel, Frosch Die Fledermaus, Guildhall School of Music and Drama. During his undergraduate at the Royal College of Music, Redmond also performed the roles of Il Boscaiuolo Respighi’s La Bella Dormente Nel Bosco, John Styx Orpheus in the Underworld and 2nd Armed Man in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. His cover roles have included Edmund Bertram, Jonathan Dove’s Mansfield Park L’Horoge Comtoise and Le Chat from L’enfant et les sortilèges, Ravel.
Notable performances off the operatic stage have included Händel’s Messiah, Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony, Dvořák’s Stabat Mater and Mass in D and Vaughan William’s Songs of Travel, and most recently he was a recitalist alongside Ruby Hughes as a Shipston Song Festival Rising Star, accompanied by Ian Tindale. Redmond has also participated in multiple masterclasses with eminent singers and artist including Barbara Frittoli, Leo Nucci, Sandrine Piau, Anne Sofie von Otter, Ian Burnside and Brindley Sherratt.