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Born Edinburgh.
Scottish tenor.
Ian McBain trained initially in Glasgow at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, graduating in 2014. He then completed his studies on the Master of Music course.
At the Conservatoire, he appeared in student productions of The Merry Wives of Windsor and La rondine, and worked with several Scottish companies, including Edinburgh Studio Opera (The Rake's Progress, Okavango Macbeth). At the Edinburgh Fringe (2015) he sang with Magnetic Opera (Leicester Maria Stuarda), rejoining them for Rodolfo in 2016. Appearances with regional Scottish companies include Fife Opera (Don José, Faust, Lensky, Turiddu) and Tayside Opera (Edgardo).
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Roles in Scotland
- First Huntsman
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Lustigen Weiber von Windsor 2013
- Gobin a guest at the salon
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Rondine 2014
- Don José a corporal of dragoons
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Carmen 2014
- Roberto di Leicester Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
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Maria Stuarda 2015
- Faust a learned doctor
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Faust 2015
- Edgardo Edgar, the Master of Ravenswood
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Lucia di Lammermoor 2016
- Vladimir Lensky a neighbour, engaged to Olga
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Eugene Onegin 2016
- Rodolfo a poet
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Bohème 2016
- Turiddu a young soldier
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Cavalleria Rusticana 2023