Samuel Snowden is a Welsh Baritone graduating with Distinction in his Master of Music from the Royal Northern College of Music. In 2024 he was an Opera Holland Park Young Artist, performing the role of Doctor Bartolo in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia as part of their summer festival. Samuel’s other operatic credits include Masetto (Don Giovanni: Mozart - Cumbria Opera Group), Court Usher (Rigoletto: Verdi - Opera Holland Park), Cox (Cox and Box: Sullivan - North West Productions), Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro: Mozart – RNCM Opera), Luiz (The Gondoliers: Gilbert and Sullivan – Forbear! Theatre), Mr Gobineau (The Medium: Menotti – RNCM Opera), Sergeant Meryll (The Yeomen of the Guard: Gilbert and Sullivan – Forbear! Theatre), Minskman (Flight: Dove – RNCM Opera), Samuel (Pirates of Penzance: Gilbert and Sullivan – RNCM Opera), Demas (The Pilgrims Progress: Vaughn-Williams – RNCM Opera) and chorus roles in Stravinsky’s Les Noces (Opera Holland Park and English National Ballet), Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin (Opera Holland Park) Massenet’s Cendrillon, Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, Handel’s Theodora (RNCM Opera) and Bizet’s Carmen (Llangollen Eisteddfod). In 2018 Samuel joined the chorus of Opera North in the UK premier of Kevin Puts Silent Night which was met with critical acclaim. 

As a soloist, Samuel regularly performs in venues across Wales and the North West. Recently he has performed Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation, Bach’s B Minor Mass, Faure’s Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem and Nielsen’sThird Symphony, Sinfonia Espasiva. Samuel performed at the World Premier of Karl Jenkins’ Adiemus Colores at Llangollen International Eisteddfod.

In 2020, Samuel was awarded the Sir John Manduell Prize by the RNCM, recognising exceptional work undertaken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Samuel raised £1500 for the Unbeatable Eva campaign by singing live on Facebook every night for 150 days with his family and also volunteered with PPE Hwb Wrecsam creating face visors for members of the local community.