Gary Boyce (1963) sang as a chorister in his birthplace London, England.  At the age of 8 he debuted with a performance of Amahl and the Night Visitors. In 1982 he debuted in Handel’s Messiah  with Tafelmuzik in  Toronto, Canada. Performances with Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Conducted  by Christopher Hogwood followed.

He began his opera carrier in 1986 in Montreal, Canada in  the role of Oberon in Britten’s A Midsummer Nights Dream in the  meantime his opera repertoire broadened to include Modern and Baroque roles.  In  1994 he performed the role of Spirit in Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas with Combattimento Consort Amsterdam (Jan Willem de Vriend). In the  season 1998 -1999 he debuted the role of Natasha in Peter Eötvös' new opera Les Trois Soeurs at L’ opera de Lyon conducted by Kent Nagano & Peter Eötvös.

In 1989 Boyce made his place of residence the Netherlands.  Where he has performed with various ensembles including the Netherlands Bach  Ensemble.  He has worked on many television-, film-, radio and CD recordings,  including Flamma, Flamma (The Fire Requiem) by Nicholas Lens with the BRTN  Orchestra, Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, and various other soloists. And Aap Verslaat de Knekelgeest (Monkey Subdues the  White-Bone Demon) in the role of Monk (Hsuan-Tsang) composed by Peter Schat.

He performed many recitals and modern lied cycles. In 1998  he debuted in L’ opera de Lyon with a recital ranging from Purcell to spirituals.  His carrier has brought him to many European countries, U.S.A, Canada, the  Middle East, and the Caribbean.

As a singing actor or an acting singer he has performed in  productions of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses"  at The Nederlands  Toneel Gent, Belgium directed by Niek Kortekaas, and the "Man in the  Boat"  a Theatrical Manifestation for the Summer from Antwerp Festival in 1999, and "Nijinsky, A Painting"  in 2005, to name but a few.  In the summer of 2000 he was Orfeo in Orfeo  Aqua(Gluck) a main event of Simmer 2000, Frysk Festival, in Friesland, the  Netherlands.

Boyce has made performances of Peter Eötvös  Tri  Sestri, at Le Chatelet in Paris, Edinburgh Festival with  the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, La Monnaie (de Munt) in Brussels, L’ opera  de Lyon, the Hamburg Staatsoper and the Vienna Festival.  In 2001 a La Scala  performance of the Carmina Burana met with great success.

In the 2004 season he embarked on a new adventure  performing with horses (Frisian) in various shows, combining his singing with  dressage riding skill. He has performed at Chateau de Versailles, with Bartabas, as  Chevalier de Saint George. The famous black court composer of King Louis the 16th  & Marie Antoinette.  His equestrian skill have taken him to Denmark and  Belgium, and of course The Netherlands, where has has performed for Queen Beatrice of the Netherlands.

The 2006 season included Michael Levinas Les  Negres in the role of Diouf in Freiburg,  another performance of The Threes Sisters  at The Hamburg State Opera as Nathasha, and a production of  Angels In America composed by the conductor Peter Eötvös,  in the role of Belize.

For more information visit Mr. Boyce’s website: www.garyboyce.nl