British-Sri Lankan baritone Armand Rabot is a current member of the Bayerische Staatsoper Opernstudio. He was previously part of the Aix-en-Provence Festival Académie in 2025 and a Young Singers Project artist at the Salzburger Festspiele in 2024, and he studies with Ben Johnson.

 

 

Recent projects include his return to Salzburger Festspiele to sing Roucher Andrea Chénier, concert appearances with Graham Johnson, Dreams of Gerontius at Truro Cathedral and Saffron Hall.

 

 

Additional notable performances include Mendelssohn’s Paulus at Wakefield Cathedral, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Spires Philharmonic Orchestra, and Elijah with Birkenhead Choral Society. He has sung Mozart’s Requiem at Liverpool Cathedral and with Marple Choral Society, and Handel’s Messiah with Salford Choral Society, Birkenhead Choral Society, and at Shrewsbury Cathedral. Armand has also performed Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem and Puccini’s Messa di Gloria with Formby Choral Society, Haydn’s The Creation with Keele Bach Choir, Fauré’s Requiem at Blackburn Cathedral, Mozart’s Mass in C Minor with the Amadeus Choir, and Saint-Saëns’ Oratorio de Noël at Shrewsbury Cathedral.

 

 

Armand frequently collaborates with the Liverpool Bach Collective, having performed numerous Bach cantatas (including BWV 62, 158, and 32), as well as both the St John Passion and the St Matthew Passion.

 

 

In the upcoming season, he will appear in a Schubert lecture-recital alongside renowned pianist Graham Johnson OBE at the Salle de Musique de Chambre, Philharmonie Luxembourg and his roles at the Bayerische Staatsoper include Tom in a new production of Die englische Katze, the Kaiserlicher Kommissär in Madama Butterfly, Ein Cappadocier in Salome, and Male Consort IV in the world premiere of Of One Blood. He will also appear as the Hunter Rusalka with the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

 

 

Recent highlights include Der Direktor in Der Spieler at the Salzburger Festspiele, as well as appearances with The Grange Festival in L’incoronazione di Poppea (Littore, Famigliari 3) and The Rake’s Progress (Keeper of the Madhouse). He has performed Father in Hänsel und Gretel for Hampstead Garden Opera, and Narumov and cover for Surin in Queen of Spades at The Grange Festival.