Bass-baritone Ashley Riches studied at King’s College, Cambridge and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He was a Jette Parker Young Artist at the Royal Opera House and a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist.

An extremely versatile artist, his 2024/25 season includes Handel’s Messiah at the BBC Proms with John Butt and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Rossini’s Stabat Mater with Nil Venditti and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Berlioz L’Enfance du Christ with the NFW Wroclaw Philharmonic and Paul McCreesh, Bach’s St John Passion with The English Concert and Harry Bicket, and Puccini’s La Rondine with the London Symphony Orchestra and Antonio Pappano.

In 2023/24 he returned to the Royal Opera House as Roucher Andrea Chénier, sang Rheinberg in Wallace’s Lurline with the National Symphony Orchestra Dublin and Péter Halász, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with David Afkham in Madrid, Verdi’s Requiem with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Kazuki Yamada, and Handel’s Messiah in concert at Glyndebourne and with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Bernard Labadie, and Purcell’s King Arthur with Paul McCreesh in Lyon and Lausanne.

An accomplished recitalist, he released his debut solo recital recording, A Musical Zoo, in 2021.