Tim Mead

Tim Mead’s recent highlights include his return to the Dutch National Opera and Handel’s Giulio Cesare with Bach Collegium Japan. In concert, Mead performed the title role in Handel’s Amadigi di Gaula with the English Concert alongside engagements with The Cleveland Orchestra, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Netherlands Bach Society, and Orchestra Classique de Montréal.

Mead is lauded for his interpretations of the great Handel countertenor roles, with appearances at Garsington Opera, Opéra National de Paris, and Glyndebourne, among others. Other stage and concert highlights include Phillip Glass’s Akhnaten at Opera Vlaanderen, Handel’s Messiah with the RIAS Kammerchor, and a European recital tour with Emmanuelle Haïm and Le Concert d’Astrée.

Mead released his debut solo album, Sacroprofano (2023), to great critical acclaim, adding to his already substantial discography, which includes Beauteous Softness (2023) and Purcell: Songs and Dances (2018).

Mead studied music as a choral scholar at King’s College, Cambridge, before continuing his vocal studies at the Royal College of Music.