About Marcus Coleridge

Marcus Coleridge is a classical baritone currently studying for a Performance Master’s degree at the Royal Academy of Music, London, where he holds the Eleanor Margaret Scholarship and studies with acclaimed tenor Richard Berkeley-Steele and coach Anna Tilbrook. He graduated in 2024 with a BMus from Royal Holloway, University of London, where he held a three-year choral scholarship with the Chapel Choir under Rupert Gough and studied with former BBC Singer Stuart MacIntyre. Upon graduation, he was awarded the Dame Felicity Lott Bursary to support his future career development as a professional singer.

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On the operatic stage, Marcus has recently made is role debut as Don Giovanni in the Ridotto Hall of the Teatro Verdi Trieste with OperUs under the baton of Maestro Massimo Merone, and at the 2026 Music Summer School and Festival in Norfolk working with director Ian Rutherford, Pippa Dames Longworth and Andy Smith. Other roles include the chorus for Bizet’s Carmen with Royal Academy Opera in the Susie Sainsbury Theatre and as the Usher in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Trial By Jury as part of the 2026 Students Create Festival. In the RAM Vocal Faculty Opera Scenes he has played the roles of Belcore in L'elisir d'amore, Sulpice in Fille du Regiment as well as Il Principe de Boullion in Adriana Lecouvreur. 

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As a soloist, Marcus has performed in several broadcasts for BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4, including a live Radio 3 performance of Eleanor Daley’s Requiem on 6th of November 2025, marking the release of the new Royal Holloway recording. He has contributed to a number of commercial recordings with the Choir of Royal Holloway, collaborating with composers such as Ola Gjeilo, Cecilia McDowall and Matthew Coleridge.

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Marcus maintains an active freelance career across the UK. Notable engagements include Handel’s Messiah at St George’s Hall, Bristol with Rupert Gough, Haydn’s Theresienmesse with Francis Faux and the Lucis Choir at Malmesbury Abbey, Fauré’s Requiem with the Mount Kelly Choral Society under Julian Jensen, and Matthew Coleridge’s Requiem with the Omnium Ensemble at Merton College Chapel, conducted by the composer. He also sings regularly with the choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford as well as the newly formed Hal Singers under MD Carl Penlington-Williams of Our Lady of Hal Church in Camden.

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Marcus maintains a close partnership with pianist Henry Smith, with whom he presents a recital series for voice and piano. Together, they have performed in venues including St Werburgh’s, Chester.