Charles studied with Mark Wildman at the Royal Academy of Music and the National Opera Studio.

Current and future projects of Charles Rice include Le Ministre Noir Le Grande Macabre Enescu Festival and Radio France, Florian Princess Ida Queen Elizabeth Hall with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (John Wilson), Figaro The Barber of Seville, Marcello La Bohème and Cecil Gloriana, English National Opera, Eisenstein  Die Fledermaus, Demitrius A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opéra de Lille, Albert Werther Irish National Opera, and Jacques Hury in the world premiere of L’annonce faite a Marie Opéra de Nantes. He made his debut in the 2023 BBC Proms’ Horrible Histories. 

Other recent engagements have included Oreste Iphigenie en Tauride, Eugene Onegin (title role) and Hamlet (title role) Opéra de Nantes, Rennes and Angers, Don Giovanni (title role) Opéra de Avignon, Cecil Gloriana Teatro Real, Oronte Médée Grand Théâtre de Genève,  Simonson Ivanovich Risurrezione Wexford Festival Opera, Gabey On the Town, and Demetrius A Midsummer Night’s Dream Hyogo Performing Arts Center in  Japan,  Figaro The Barber of Seville and Maximillian Candide The Grange Festival, Ned Keene Peter Grimes Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofia Valencia,  Arthur Koestler Benjamin, dernière nuit (world premiere) and Procolo Viva la Mamma Opéra de Lyon, and Hermann Les Contes d’Hoffmann Royal Opera House Covent Garden. 

Past engagements have included Escamillo Carmen, Stadttheater, Klagenfurt and Vorarlberger Landestheater, Harlekin Ariadne auf Naxos and Silvio Pagliacci Opéra de Toulon, Sid Albert Herring English Touring Opera, HK Gruber’s Gloria -A Pigtale Mahogany Opera Group tour (Linbury Studio, Bregenz Festival, Norfolk and Norwich Festival), roles in Candide Opéra National de Lorraine, Ned Keene Peter Grimes Aldeburgh Festival, Bello La Fanciulla del West English National Opera,Conte Robinson Il Matrimonio Segreto Festival de Sédières, Morales Carmen Royal Albert Hall, and Angelotti Tosca Grange Park Opera. Charles sang concerts at the Royal Festival Hall, Canterbury Cathedral, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Chelmsford Cathedral, Cadogan Hall, Mayfield Festival and others. He studied with Mark Wildman at the Royal Academy of Music and the National Opera Studio. 

Career Highlights 

Don Giovanni (title role) Opéra de Avignon, Marcello La Bohème English National Opera, Demitrius A Midsummer Night’s Dream , Opéra de Lille, Hyogo Performing Arts Centre, Hamlet (title role)
Eugene Onegin (title role), Opéra de Nantes, Rennes, Angers, Robert Cecil Gloriana, Teatro Real, Madrid.