Austin Gunn, Tenor, made his professional operatic debut as Vorsinger Zaide with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras in the Edinburgh International Festival. Other notable EIF performances include 1st Tenor Soloist Curlew River and Zweite Lehrbube Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
His Scottish Opera debut was Don Ottavio cover Don Giovanni directed by Sir Thomas Allen and conducted by Speranza Scapucci and he performed the role in the unwrap performances throughout Scotland.
His English National Opera debut was Guest John Cage Dinner Party for ENO MusiCircus, and he has returned to ENO many times since including as Pliable/Superstition/Celestial Voice cover A Pilgrim's Progress, Dantine cover The Perfect American, Gizmo 3 The Way Back Home and Security Guard Between Worlds in preproduction workshops and showcases between ENO, The Barbican and the Young Vic, Tamino Magic Flute and Alfredo La Traviata for ENO Baylis Know the Show events, Nanki-Poo The Mikado, Don Ottavio Don Giovanni and Don Basilio Le Nozze di Figaro for ENO Opera Squad in schools performances, an ENO Late Shift Recital at the National Portrait Gallery and has appeared as guest soloist with the ENO Community Choir.
Austin made his Portuguese debut in 2017 as Martin in the premiere staging of Hummus by Zad Moultaka and Manager in The Waiter's Revenge by Stephen Oliver at the Musica Na Fabrica Festival, Lisbon directed by Max Hoehn and his Swiss debut in 2018 as the Spectre in Dvorak's Die Geisterbraut in Zürich conducted by Philipp Mestrinel.
Operatic roles performed include Don Jose Carmen (Black Cat Opera, OperaLab, Sage Gateshead, Berwick Festival Opera, Grimsby Philharmonic), Don Ottavio Don Giovanni (ENO Opera Squad, Scottish Opera, Longborough Festival Opera, Berwick Festival Opera), Beppe Rita (Berwick Festival Opera), Aubrey Der Vampyr (Berwick Festival Opera), Bobby The Fisherman's Brides (Tete a Tete Opera Festival), Dormont La Scala di Seta (Berwick Festival Opera), Manager The Waiter's Revenge (Musica Na Fabrica Festival, Lisbon), Frederick Pirates of Penzance (Opera Anywhere, Rocket Opera, Berwick Festival Opera) Nanki-Poo The Mikado (ENO Opera Squad, Opera Anywhere, Berwick Festival Opera), Ralph Rackstraw HMS Pinafore (Berwick Festival Opera), Martin Hummus (Tete a Tete Opera Festival, Music Na Fabrica Festival Lisbon), Bardolfo Falstaff (Kings Theatre Edinburgh), Middle Son The Vanishing Bridegroom and Goffredo Rinaldo (Edinburgh Festival Theatre) as well as various roles in operas by William Shield (William Shield Festival) and as Voice 1 in the movie version of A Soldier's Return (runner up in the Journal Culture Awards and the National Television Awards).
Austin appears regularly throughout the UK and in France, Sweden and Italy in concert in a vast array of oratorio repertoire and in recital he has performed 'Tennyson's Lyricism and the Composer's Response' at the Literary and Philosophical Society, Newcastle, 'Languorous Ecstasy', a selection of works by Libertine poets, at Hull University, a recital for the Paisley Voices Festival, a selection of Victorian and Edwardian medicinal song for the VIP relaunch of The Wellcome Collection in London, and Ann Mounsey Six Songs and Sullivan The Window at the Literary and Philosophical Society, Newcastle as well as numerous appearances as guest soloist for the Daft As A Brush Proms at Newcastle City Hall. During the Covid19 lockdowns he gave doorstep and online recitals for the World Harmony Orchestra and the William Shield Festival as well as appear as guest soloist alongside Roderick Williams, Janis Kelly and Nicky Spence in the National Student Opera Society Gala concert.
Recording and film credits to date include Montague John Cage Dinner Party, Maxwell Davies Solstice of Light, 1st Tenor Soloist Curlew River, Zweite Lehrbube Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg all for BBC Radio 3, Voice 1 in the movie version of A Soldier's Return for Opera Sunderland, a recital of song for American television network PBS, and as the singing voice of a German soldier in the television series 'Band of Brothers' directed by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. Austin has also appeared on two episodes of Music Works podcasts to talk about opportunities for musicians and audiences.
His Scottish Opera debut was Don Ottavio cover Don Giovanni directed by Sir Thomas Allen and conducted by Speranza Scapucci and he performed the role in the unwrap performances throughout Scotland.
His English National Opera debut was Guest John Cage Dinner Party for ENO MusiCircus, and he has returned to ENO many times since including as Pliable/Superstition/Celestial Voice cover A Pilgrim's Progress, Dantine cover The Perfect American, Gizmo 3 The Way Back Home and Security Guard Between Worlds in preproduction workshops and showcases between ENO, The Barbican and the Young Vic, Tamino Magic Flute and Alfredo La Traviata for ENO Baylis Know the Show events, Nanki-Poo The Mikado, Don Ottavio Don Giovanni and Don Basilio Le Nozze di Figaro for ENO Opera Squad in schools performances, an ENO Late Shift Recital at the National Portrait Gallery and has appeared as guest soloist with the ENO Community Choir.
Austin made his Portuguese debut in 2017 as Martin in the premiere staging of Hummus by Zad Moultaka and Manager in The Waiter's Revenge by Stephen Oliver at the Musica Na Fabrica Festival, Lisbon directed by Max Hoehn and his Swiss debut in 2018 as the Spectre in Dvorak's Die Geisterbraut in Zürich conducted by Philipp Mestrinel.
Operatic roles performed include Don Jose Carmen (Black Cat Opera, OperaLab, Sage Gateshead, Berwick Festival Opera, Grimsby Philharmonic), Don Ottavio Don Giovanni (ENO Opera Squad, Scottish Opera, Longborough Festival Opera, Berwick Festival Opera), Beppe Rita (Berwick Festival Opera), Aubrey Der Vampyr (Berwick Festival Opera), Bobby The Fisherman's Brides (Tete a Tete Opera Festival), Dormont La Scala di Seta (Berwick Festival Opera), Manager The Waiter's Revenge (Musica Na Fabrica Festival, Lisbon), Frederick Pirates of Penzance (Opera Anywhere, Rocket Opera, Berwick Festival Opera) Nanki-Poo The Mikado (ENO Opera Squad, Opera Anywhere, Berwick Festival Opera), Ralph Rackstraw HMS Pinafore (Berwick Festival Opera), Martin Hummus (Tete a Tete Opera Festival, Music Na Fabrica Festival Lisbon), Bardolfo Falstaff (Kings Theatre Edinburgh), Middle Son The Vanishing Bridegroom and Goffredo Rinaldo (Edinburgh Festival Theatre) as well as various roles in operas by William Shield (William Shield Festival) and as Voice 1 in the movie version of A Soldier's Return (runner up in the Journal Culture Awards and the National Television Awards).
Austin appears regularly throughout the UK and in France, Sweden and Italy in concert in a vast array of oratorio repertoire and in recital he has performed 'Tennyson's Lyricism and the Composer's Response' at the Literary and Philosophical Society, Newcastle, 'Languorous Ecstasy', a selection of works by Libertine poets, at Hull University, a recital for the Paisley Voices Festival, a selection of Victorian and Edwardian medicinal song for the VIP relaunch of The Wellcome Collection in London, and Ann Mounsey Six Songs and Sullivan The Window at the Literary and Philosophical Society, Newcastle as well as numerous appearances as guest soloist for the Daft As A Brush Proms at Newcastle City Hall. During the Covid19 lockdowns he gave doorstep and online recitals for the World Harmony Orchestra and the William Shield Festival as well as appear as guest soloist alongside Roderick Williams, Janis Kelly and Nicky Spence in the National Student Opera Society Gala concert.
Recording and film credits to date include Montague John Cage Dinner Party, Maxwell Davies Solstice of Light, 1st Tenor Soloist Curlew River, Zweite Lehrbube Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg all for BBC Radio 3, Voice 1 in the movie version of A Soldier's Return for Opera Sunderland, a recital of song for American television network PBS, and as the singing voice of a German soldier in the television series 'Band of Brothers' directed by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. Austin has also appeared on two episodes of Music Works podcasts to talk about opportunities for musicians and audiences.
