Biography

Edmund Caird studied at of the David Seligman Opera School at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, where operatic roles, included: Vicar (Albert Herring); Dandini (La Cenerentola); George Jones (Street Scene); and Spinelloccio (Gianni Schicchi).

Other operatic roles include: First Prison Officer (Dead Man Walking) for WNO; Innkeeper (The Cunning Little Vixen) and Ruggiero [cover] (La Liberazione di Ruggiero) for Longborough Festival Opera; Count Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro) with Spira Mirabilis; Otis Gardiner in the Premiere of Coram Boy; Companion (At the Boar’s Head) for Northern Opera Group; Calchas (La Belle Hélène); Daneüs in Salieri's Les Danaïdes; Noye (Noye's Fludde); Bartley (Riders to the Sea); Pirate King (Pirates of Penzance); Pooh-Bah (The Mikado); Sam (Trouble in Tahiti); Janitor/Clerk in WNYO's production of Kommilitonen!; Father (Hansel & Gretel); and new works at the Tête a Tête festival.

On the concert platform, his repertoire includes: Bach St John Passion and Christmas Oratorio; Monteverdi Vespers of 1610; Handel Messiah; Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle; Mozart and Faure Requiems; and Vaughan Williams’ Sea Symphony.

Forthcoming engagements include Sir Thomas (Mansfield Park) for Cardiff Opera; and Signal Man (The Signal Man) for Studio65.