Described as “a tenor to watch” who brings “ardour and Italianate resonance” to his performances (Opera Magazine), British tenor Simon Mascarenhas Carter is a recent graduate of the Royal College of Music, where he studied with Patricia Rozario OBE as a Leverhulme Arts Scholar. He looks forward to joining the Opera Studio of the Vienna State Opera for the 2026/2027 and 2027/2028 seasons.

Recent engagements include Police Officer I and Peter (cover) in Mark-Anthony Turnage’s The Railway Children (world premiere, Glyndebourne), Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni (Waterperry Opera Festival), Ferrando in Così fan tutte (Da Ponte Opera Festival), Raoul de St. Brioche in The Merry Widow, and Don Curzio in Le nozze di Figaro (Royal College of Music).

Upcoming engagements include Echo in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo and covering Scaramuccio in Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos at the Glyndebourne Festival, as well as Alfred in Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus with Opera Bohemia on tour in Scotland. He will also perform as an Opera Prelude Young Artist in 2026 and is supported by the Pegasus Opera mentorship programme.