“Ross Fettes used his subsantial bass-baritone voice to fine effect”
PLANET HUGILL
Ross Fettes is a Scottish Bass-Baritone studying in his second year of Opera School at the Royal College of Music in London. He is currently studying under the tutelage of Graeme Broadbent. In his first year of a Masters in Performance at the Royal College of Music he studied under the tutelage of Brindley Sherratt and his second year he studied with Graeme Broadbent. He is a Stephen Roberts Scholar supported by the Stephen Catto Memorial Scholarship award holder a Countess of Munster Trust scholar and a Josephine Baker Trust Scholar. Studying for his Bachelor of Music Honours Degree at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland was a fantastic opportunity to work and study with Iain Paton.
His most recent opera performances include the roles of Baron Mirko Zeta in the Royal College of Music’s production of The Merry Widow, Pasquariello in the Royal College of Music’s production of Don Giovanni Tenorio, Figaro in Westminster Opera’s production of Le Nozze di Figaro, The Conductor Royal College of Music’s production of Barnum’s Bird, Colline in Hurn Court’s production of La Bohème, L’arbe in the Royal College of Music’s production of L’enfant et Les sortilèges, Zuniga In Carshalton Opera’s production of Carmen, Chorus in Grange Park Opera’s production of Der fliegende Holländer, Frank Ford (cover) in British Youth Opera’s production of Sir John in Love, Superintendent Budd in St Pauls Opera’s production of Albert Herring and The immigration officer (cover) in the Royal College of Music’s production of Flight.
Ross’s next performance will be in the Royal College of Music’s triple bill of Britten’s Les Illuminations Weill’s Chansons des Quais and Ravel’s L'heure espagnole where he will perform the Role of Don Inigo.