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• 19th April - Solo Concert (with L'Orchestra Filarmonica Di Lucca) - Teatro Del Giglio di Giacomo Puccini, Lucca

Dramatic tenor, Joseph Spratt comes from Harrogate, in the North of England. He graduated with a BMus (Hons) 1st class degree from the Royal Northern College of Music, in 2016, and began studying operatic singing at the relatively late age of twenty-one. In these early years, Joseph developed a fantastic working relationship with Martin Binks OBE, head of the Leeds Symphony Orchestra, with whom he performed works including Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Verdi's requiem and scenes from "La Boheme", in the Leeds Town Hall, and the Victoria Hall in Shipley. During these early years, he also performed in full productions of Rinuccio in "Gianni Schicchi", with the Harrow Opera Company, Macduff in Verdi's, "Macbetto" with the Leeds Youth Opera, Alfred in Strauss's "Die Fledermaus" with the Berlin Opera Academy, and created the title role of Barry Webb's "John of Nepomuk", performed in Waterloo. He also performed in solo oratorio concerts around the United Kingdom, the most notable of these being Haydn's Creation with the Northwest Sinfonia, in Fylde.

After these formative years, and a spell of extreme physical illness, Joseph underwent a technique and repertoire change and has since learnt the roles of Calaf, Radames, Mario Cavaradossi and he performed his debut Canio in November 2024, with the "Pag & Cav" opera company in St. Michael's church, in Staines. His current repertoire also includes arias and excerpts from Il Tabarro, La Fanciulla Del West, Il Trovatore, La Boheme, Madame Butterfly, Die Walkure and Fidelio, whereof all of these roles are under preparation. Joseph works with The Old School of Singing (www.theoldschoolofsinging.com), in studio of the techniques of Ettore Campogalliani, Arturo Melocchi and Manuel Garcia ii, under the guidance of Giancarlo Monsalve. 

Joseph's current singing work sees him spend a majority of his time in Lucca, where he sings. His most recent performances were his debut concerti, in  the Teatro di Giglio di Giacomo Puccini (Lucca), Teatro Industriale di Grossetto and Sala di Federico in Napoli, with L'Orchestra Filarmonica di Lucca, where he closed the concerts with Nessun Dorma to riotous applause.