Tim Burton, tenor, is in his final year of undergraduate studies at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
under the tutelage of Christopher Turner. Whilst at RBC he has taken part in various opera productions,
with roles including The Schoolmaster in The Cunning Little Vixen – Janáček, Mr Bobo in Coraline –
Turnage, Moon and King of the East, The Enchanted Pig – Dove, and Le Doyen de la Faculté, Cendrillon –
Massenet. Opera scenes productions at RBC include performances as: Vasek (Bartered Bride), Jaquino
(Fidelio), Polidoro (La Finta Semplice), Lysander (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Max (Der Freischütz),
Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni). Tim was awarded first place in the Edward Brooks English Song Prize last
year.
At the 2023 Grimeborn festival at Arcola Theatre, he played the tenor in the Trio of Bernstein’s Trouble
in Tahiti, directed by Finn Lacey. This production was awarded an Offie award in February for Opera
Production.
He started his musical career as a chorister at Gloucester Cathedral, and has since been a Lay Clerk at
Gloucester, and Birmingham St Philip’s Cathedrals. Tim was an Ex Cathedra Scholar from 2019-2021, and
has continued singing with the choir. He took part in the prestigious Genesis Sixteen scheme, and has
since sung with The Sixteen.
Tim will continue his studies at The Royal College of Music on the MMus Programme in September 2024,
generously supported by the College with a scholarship.
