biography

Owen Lucas is a tenor finishing his second year of the Royal Academy Opera programme at the Royal Academy of Music, where he studies with Mark Wildman. He recently completed his Master’s degree at the Academy, and his studies are generously supported by the Suresh and Richard McMillan Scholarships for Music and Opera.

Owen began his journey into professional singing in 2019 as a participant in the Glyndebourne Academy under the direction of Mary King. He has since returned for several seasons as a chorus member at the Glyndebourne Festival and recently covered the role of Lysander in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Owen is a prizewinner of the AESS Patricia Routledge National English Song Competition and was awarded both the Deborah Voigt Opera Prize and the Audience Prize at the 2022 NI Opera Festival of Voice. He is also a grateful recipient of the Brackaville Bursary for Vocal Studies from Irish Heritage.

Operatic engagements include Gastone de Letorières in La traviata with NI Opera, King Nebuchadnezzar in The Burning Fiery Furnace, and multiple roles in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (Monostatos, Priester, and Erster geharnischter Mann) with Royal Academy Opera. His scene work includes Rodolfo (La bohème) and Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni).