Ronald Samm tenor (Earl of Ruthven) trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he studied voice and piano, followed by postgraduate study at the Royal Northern College of Music and the National Opera Studio.

Previously for ENO: Revd Adams Peter Grimes, The Reverend Blue, Uncle Billy It’s a Wonderful Life, Peter Porgy and Bess, Security Guard Between Worlds.

Notable engagements elsewhere: Otello, Tambourmajor Wozzeck, Florestan Fidelio, Ladislav The Two Widows (Birmingham Opera Company); Pangloss/Voltaire Candide, Canio Pagliacci (Scottish Opera); Otello, Big Prisoner From the House of the Dead (Opera North); Lazarus The Gospel According to the Other Mary (Theater Bonn); Siegfried Act III Götterdämmerung (Oper Wuppertal); Siegmund Die Walküre (Teatro Nacional de São Carlos); Otello (NordlandsOperan); Olim Der Silbersee, Laca Jenůfa (ETO); and in Porgy and Bess, Sportin’ Life (Opéra de Lyon, Edinburgh Festival), Jake (Lisbon) and Peter (Dutch National Opera, Theater an der Wien)

Upcoming for ENO: Mary Queen of Scots