Swiss Global Artistic Foundation

A former Head Chorister of Westminster Abbey, Mr Stout studied Zoology at Durham University, sang with the choir of St John's College, Cambridge, and studied the Opera Course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he was recipient of the John Hosier Scholarship, the Harold Rosenthal Award and the Principal's Prize 2006. He continues to study with Rudolf Piernay.

His extensive oratorio repertoire includes Bach's St John and St Matthew Passion (both Salisbury Cathedral), B Minor Mass and Haydn's Nelson Mass (OSJ), The Messiah (Wells Cathedral), Mozart's Requiem (OAE), Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, Verdi's Requiem (Guildford Cathedral) and A Child of Our Time (both King's College, Cambridge), Judas Maccabaeus, The Creation, Elijah, Rossini's Stabat Mater, Brahms' Requiem, Carmina Burana (Snape Maltings), Sea Symphony (Bach Choir), The Dream of Gerontius, Belshazzar's Feast and Britten's War Requiem.

His operatic roles include Le Dancaïre (Carmen) for Welsh National Opera, Papageno (The Magic Flute) for Grange Park Opera, Marcello (La Bohème) for Mid-Wales Opera, Marullo (Rigoletto) for Opera Holland Park, Aeneas (Dido and Aeneas), Pluto (Orfeo) and Argippo (Erismena) for ETO. At GSMD, the title roles of Falstaff, Gianni Schicchi and Ulisse (Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria), Don Cassandro (La Finta Semplice) and the Opera Director (Les Mamelles de Tirésias). For British Youth Opera, Forester (The Cunning Little Vixen) and Guglielmo (Così fan tutte). Other roles include Count Almaviva (The Marriage of Figaro), Eugene Onegin, Belcore (The Elixir of Love), Escamillo (Carmen), Prince Yeletsky (Queen of Spades), Captain Corcoran (HMS Pinafore) and Giuseppe (The Gondoliers).

Mr Stout's recital work includes Schwanengesang and Wolf's Eichendorff Lieder at the Oxford Lieder Festival with Sholto Kynoch and Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn and Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Julian Philips' Swift Partitions and Masque for Caliban with the Orchestra of the Swan and Copland's Ten Old American Songs with the Haffner Orchestra.

Season plans include Sea Symphony in Gloucester Cathedral with the LPO, Sibelius' Rakastava with the Hallé. Opera engagements include Speaker (The Magic Flute) for WNO, Mick (Playing Away) and Angelotti (Tosca) both for the Bregenzer Festspiele, Don Juan (From the House of the Dead) for Teatro Massimo di Palermo and Schaunard (La Bohème) for WNO.