Tormey Woods grew up with the stage being where he is most comfortable, having taken acting classes and performed in plays his whole life. He has worked with the Young Artist Program of the National Opera of Montpellier since 2014, where he regularly performs in professional opera productions, most recently as Dr.Falke in Strauss’ “Die Flerdermaus”. Tormey has sung under the baton of esteemed conductors such as Sir. Simon Rattle, Ennio Morricone and Simon Halsey.
Tormey’s solo performances include the roles of Dr. Falke in "Die Fledermaus" (l'Opera Orchestra National de Montpellier, OONM), Sirocco in "l'Etoile" (Opera Grand Avignon), Grabuge in "Genevieve de Brabant" (OONM), one of the sixteen Sacrificed in Jonathan Dove's "Le Monstre du Labyrinthe" at the Aix-En-Provence Festival, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle (Grand Theatre d'Aix), and The Bench in his first opera, "l'Enfant et les Sortilege" (OONM). All of the operas were fully staged and orchestrated. In March 2019, Tormey will once again be performing with the OONM in the role of The King in Respighi's "La Bella dormente nel Bosco".
Tormey also played the main role, Giovanni Batista Balderone, in the original theatre/musical play "D'ici on voit la mer ou Dieu chantait" by Beatrix Tarquini, at the Grand Avignon Auditorium. In July 2018, Tormey was invited to Sophie Pondjiclis' vocal masterclass and performed Papageno and Papagena's duet as well as a melody from Ravel's "Don Quichotte" at the masterclass concert.
Tormey is currently studying Singing, Piano and Orchestra Direction at the Avignon Conservatoire of Music and Drama and in September 2019 will be beginning his BMus in Vocal Studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with David Pollard. Tormey is under the tutelage of Beatrix Tarquini and Nicolas Rivenq at the Conservatoire of Avignon and Opera Junior young artist program respectively.
"Auf der Donau", Schubert
"Le Manoir de Rosemonde", Duparc
"Chanson Romanesque" - Don Quichotte, Ravel
"Honor and Arms", Samson, Handel.
"Voici des Roses", Mephistopheles, Damnation de Faust.
"Vecchia Zimarra", Colline, La Bohême.
"Non piu Andrai", Figaro, Le Nozze di Figaro.
"Se vuol ballare", Figaro, Le Nozze di Figaro.
"Deh vienni alla finestra", Don Giovanni.
"Bolero de Charles Martel", Charles Martel, Genevieve de Brabant.
"Duet des deux Hommes d'Armes", Grabuge, Genevieve de Brabant.
"Heiligste Dreieinigkeit", Cantantes BWV 172 III by Bach.
"Sebben Crudele", Aminta, La costanza in amor vince l'inganno.
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