British tenor Simon Mascarenhas Carter is a recent graduate of the Royal College of Music, having studied with Patricia Rozario OBE, supported by a Leverhulme Arts Scholarship. He is looking forward to joining the Opera Studio of the Vienna State Opera for the 2026/2027 and 2027/2028 seasons.

In the 2025/2026 season, Simon made his role debut with Glyndebourne as Police officer I in the world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s The Railway Children and covered the role of Peter. Simon is looking forward to returning to Glyndebourne in the upcoming summer festival to perform in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo as Echo and in the chorus, as well as covering the role of Scaramuccio in Richard Strauss’s Ariadne Auf Naxos. Simon is also looking forward to making his role debut as Alfred in Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus with Opera Bohemia, touring Scotland in April 2026. Simon is grateful to be supported by the Pegasus Opera Mentorship programme in the coming year and will perform as an Opera Prelude Young Artist in 2026.