British and Irish tenor Richard Jackson is a Brighton Early Music Festival (BREMF) Emerging Artist 2025/ 2026 and a Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artist 2026/2027.

Richard recently performed as Léandre, Un Indien and Un Sylphe in the UK premiere of Mademoiselle Duval’s Les Caractères de l’Amour at the Brighton Early Music Festival. He has performed as La peinture in Charpentier’s Les arts florissants (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire), as Mercury in John Weldon’s The Judgment of Paris (Benslow Music), as the Parpignol in La Boheme (North Wales Opera) and as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni (North Wales Opera). At Drottningholm Palace Theatre, Stockholm Richard has performed as Bajazet and Lurcanio in scenes from Handel’s Tamerlano and Ariodante respectively. His opera chorus experience includes Tosca, Edgar and The Flying Dutchman for Opera Holland Park, Billy Budd for New Palace Opera and Tosca for the CBSO and for West Green House Opera.

Richard’s oratorio experience includes the title role in Handel’s Samson, Mozart’s Requiem and Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle. He sang for two years as a choral scholar in the CBSO Chorus, performing at the BBC Proms and in venues such as Birmingham’s Symphony Hall and Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie. Richard has also performed with Ex Cathedra.

Richard has been taught by Anthony Roden, Christopher Turner and Robert Dean. He has participated in a masterclass with George Petrou in Stockholm and in a Les Arts Florissants masterclass led by Paul Agnew in Thiré, France. Richard recently participated in masterclasses with Sophie Daneman and Michele Pasotti through the BREMF Emerging Artist Scheme. He graduated with Distinction from the Mmus course in Vocal Performance at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.