Jacques Imbrailo
Baritone
South African baritone Jacques Imbrailo was the winner of the Audience Prize at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World and he has gone on to become one of the most sought after artists of his generation.
Much admired for his lyrical voice and charismatic stage presence, Jacques appears in the worlds great opera houses and concert halls with the leading conductors and directors of today.
Career Highlights
This season, Jacques will make his role debut in the title role of Eugene Onegin at the Opéra national de Lorraine; he will appear at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma as Ned Keene Peter Grimes conducted by Michele Mariotti and he will return to the Bayerische Staatsoper as Tadeusz The Passenger; Jacques will make his debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2025.
In the 2023/24 season, Jacques’ operatic engagements included the title role of Don Giovanni in a new production for Malmö Opera; Conte Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro for Hamburg Staatsoper and he returned to the Bayerische Staatsoper as Tadeusz in a new production of The Passenger directed by Tobias Kratzer and conducted by Vladimir Jurowski.
While on the concert platform he appeared with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in the Faure Requiem; with the Dutch Radio Orchestra singing the role of Jesus in a concert performance of Frank Martin’s Golgotha and he made his debut at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, singing the title role of Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise conducted by Kent Nagano.
Last updated: 12th May 2025
