Praised for his “commanding stage presence”, British baritone Ross Ramgobin has built a career as an accomplished singing actor. Critics describe him as “one of Britain’s brightest baritones” (The Stage) and his voice as “beautiful...with honeyed warmth...and impeccable enunciation” (The Scotsman).

A finalist in the What’s On Stage Breakthrough in Opera Awards and a Young Artist nominee at the International Opera Awards, Ross read English and Modern Drama Studies at Brunel University before training at the Royal Academy of Music, where he gained both his MA (Distinction) and Advanced Diploma with Royal Academy Opera. He later joined the National Opera Studio, supported by the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Ross has appeared widely with The Royal Opera, London, performing roles including Schaunard (La bohème) and Hajný (Rusalka), both broadcast in cinemas. Other notable roles include Demetrius (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro) for Israeli Opera; Moralès (Carmen) for The Royal Opera and Welsh National Opera; the title role in Owen Wingrave at the Aldeburgh Festival and Edinburgh International Festival; Prince Arjuna (Satyagraha) for English National Opera; Belcore (L’elisir d’amore) at the Verbier Festival; Pallante (Agrippina) for Brisbane Baroque; and multiple appearances at Glyndebourne (Figaro, Uprising, Il turco in Italia), Opera Holland Park (Marcello, Figaro, Sacristan and more), and Angers Nantes Opera (Masetto, Don Giovanni).

In contemporary repertoire, he has created vivid portrayals including Gaveston (Lessons in Love and Violence, Stars of the White Nights Festival, St Petersburg, and BBC Maida Vale Studios), The Protector (Written On Skin, LSO St Luke’s, Philharmonie de Paris and Wiener Konzerthaus), Mamoud (The Death of Klinghoffer, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, conducted by John Adams), Rambashi (The Firework Maker’s Daughter, The Royal Opera), and Yuri (The Ice Break, Birmingham Opera Company).

His concert work has taken him to major orchestras and venues across the UK and Europe, with performances including War Requiem (Northern Chamber Orchestra), Brahms Requiem (The Bach Choir), Fauré Requiem and Death in Savitri (Britten Sinfonia), Missa de Sta Cecilia (BBC Symphony Orchestra), and Stanford’s Requiem (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra). He has appeared under conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Mark Elder, Sian Edwards, Martyn Brabbins, and Stephen Layton.

Ross’s discography includes Rusalka (Opus Arte DVD, The Royal Opera), Agrippina and Siroe, re di Persia (Accent CD), and Stanford’s Requiem (Hyperion), which was Gramophone’s Editor’s Choice and shortlisted for the 2024 Gramophone Awards. His recent recordings — Britten Canticles (Delphian), Tippett’s New Year (NMC), and Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins (LSO Live) — have also received Gramophone shortlist recognition. On YouTube, he appears as Owen Wingrave and Ramiro (L’heure espagnole) in films with Grange Park Opera, and Papageno (The Magic Flute, Royal Opera Christmas Concert).

Current engagements include Count Heinrich in The Secret of the Black Spider (Opera North), Beethoven’s 9th Symphony (St John’s Chamber Orchestra), Britten’s War Requiem (Highgate Choral Society), Brahms’ Requiem (Henley Choral Society), Celestial Narrator in the world premiere of Tavener’s Krishna (Grange Park Opera), and The Sacristan in Tosca with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra alongside Sir Bryn Terfel, conducted by Kazuki Yamada.