Andrew Grenon

Tenor

Appearing as Don Basilio / Don Curzio in the 2026 season of The Marriage of Figaro

Andrew is a regular soloist with orchestras, opera companies, and choirs throughout New Zealand. He recently sang the role of James Rushworth in Johnathan Dove’s operatic adaptation of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park with New Zealand Opera.

Other notable recent performances include Graf Albert in the Auckland Philharmonia’s national premiere of Korngold’s seminal masterpiece Die tote Stadt, tenor soloist in Bach’s St Matthew’s Passion for Auckland Choral, Bazilio & Curzio in New Zealand Opera’s production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, and Sailor in the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra’s concert performance of Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas. Other roles Andrew has performed include Acis in Handel’s Acis & Galatea, Gastone in Verd’s La traviata, both with NZ Opera, and Elvino in La Sonnambula with Days Bay Opera.

He was a Dame Malvina Major Foundation Emerging Artist with New Zealand Opera and a winner of the Circle 100 scholarship. Andrew completed his undergraduate study at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch and later studied at the Wales International Academy of Voice in Cardiff with Dennis O’Neill and Nuccia Focile.