A “phenomenal actor” with “impeccable delivery of lyrics” (Kurt Weill Foundation), British baritone George Robarts is the winner of the 2025 Lotte Lenya Competition in New York.

Highlights in 2025-26 include a “side-splitting” turn (The Guardian) for English Touring Opera as hapless drummer boy Luiz in The Gondoliers, a debut at Buxton International Festival as Marchese La traviata and Pritschitsch The Merry Widow, recitals at the Oxford International Song Festival, Chipping Camden Festival and Strand International Song Series, and a return to Graham Johnson’s annual Schubert lecture recitals.

A patter specialist with a “great penchant for comedy” (Opera Scene), George has appeared at Longborough Festival Opera, Garsington Opera, the Grange, Opera Holland Park, and the Edinburgh International Festival. He has performed Noël Coward in concert with Dame Felicity Lott, who described his work as “laugh-out-loud funny”.