10 Facts About Jacques Imbrailo

Jacques Imbrailo was born on 1978 and is a South African classical baritone, who sings in operas and oratorios.

Jacques Imbrailo grew up on a farm in the Free State province of South Africa, and first got into singing on a dare, at age 11, during open auditions after a concert by the Drakensberg Boys' Choir School.

Jacques Imbrailo later went to university to study law, but took singing lessons on the side, earning both a BA Law degree and a B Mus degree at Potchefstroom Campus in South Africa, in 2002.

Jacques Imbrailo later studied at the Royal College of Music in London.

Jacques Imbrailo was a member of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

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In 2007, Jacques Imbrailo received the Audience Prize at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition.

Jacques Imbrailo has performed Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande with the Welsh National Opera and at the Aalto Theatre in Essen, Germany, Mozart's Don Giovanni with the Scottish Opera, Cosi fan tutte with the Houston Grand Opera, Die Zauberflote with the Welsh National Opera, Le nozze di Figaro with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with Rome Opera.

Jacques Imbrailo has performed in concert with the Halle Orchestra and Sir Mark Elder at the BBC Proms, and with the New York Philharmonic under Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos.

Jacques Imbrailo has performed solo recitals at Wigmore Hall, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Verbier Festival, and Royal Albert Hall.

Jacques Imbrailo has featured on several recordings, including Britten's Billy Budd, where he played the title role, recorded at the Glyndebourne Festival, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and conductor Sir Mark Elder, and Elgar's The Apostles, with the Halle Orchestra, conducted by Sir Mark Elder.