Henry Websdale is an opera répétiteur and conductor, who has lived and worked across Europe in some of the most renowned opera houses in the world. He studied and trained at the University of Cambridge and Royal Academy of Music in the UK, as well as at the Mascarade Opera Studio and Georg Solti Accademia in Italy. He has worked as a répétiteur and conductor at Oper Graz in Austria and the Bayerische Staatsoper in Germany, as well as working as a répétiteur at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Glyndebourne. In 2024, he will take up a position on the permanent staff of the Semperoper Dresden.
Highlights of his time at Oper Graz included conducting performances of ‘Ein Hauch von Venus’ (Kurt Weill), and working on the Austrian premiere of ‘Morgen und Abend’ (Georg Friedrich Haas) with conductor, Roland Kluttig. In 2022 he made his debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper playing fortepiano for a production of ‘Le nozze di Figaro’ with Christopher Moulds. He then worked on a production of ‘Les Troyens’ (Berlioz) with Daniele Rustioni.
He has worked as a répétiteur at Glyndebourne since 2021, including playing for productions of ‘Katya Kabanova’, ‘Don Pasquale’, ‘Don Giovanni’, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and ‘L’elisir d’amore’, with conductors such as Robin Ticciati, Ben Glassberg, Evan Rogister and Dalia Stasevska. He has also worked the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, most recently on a production of ‘La Forza del Destino’ with Sir Mark Elder.
