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Anthony Stuart Lloyd is a Welsh opera, musical theatre, concert and cabaret singer, actor and voice-over artist.

Anthony was born at the Lydia Beynon Hospital near Newport on September 29th 1966 and brought up in Cardiff. His mother Rita Lloyd (née Farnham) is a former NHS Nursing Sister/ In-Service Training Officer/ Quality Coordinator and father Jeffrey Lloyd was a Glazier.

He attended Ysgol Bryntaf primary school at its sites initially in Mynachdu and then The Parade in Cardiff.

In 1978 he was one of 99 pupils that were the new intake for the newly formed Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf, South Glamorgan’s first Welsh medium secondary school. He was very active in the school’s Eisteddfodau, competing in solo voice competitions, initially as boy soprano and then baritone, and on numerous occasions winning the county’s inter schools Eisteddfod, going on to represent South Glamorgan at numerous Urdd Eisteddfodau. He was a member of: the South Glamorgan Youth Choir, the National Youth Choir of Wales and the Cardiff Municipal Operatic Society.

He attended the South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education where he graduated in Hospitality Management. As the singer describes it “this bass clef chef swapped ‘a la carte’ for ‘a cappella’” after receiving a Sir Geraint Evans Scholarship, which enabled him to attend The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, where he studied with the renowned tenor John Mitchinson and vocal coach Gerald Wragg.

Whilst at college, other awards and accolades soon followed including; winning, the ‘Blue Riband’ (Rhuban Glas) at Royal National Eisteddfod, The Morriston Orpheus Choir MOCSA Young Welsh Singers competition and the inaugural Sir Geraint Evans Memorial Prize. He is also a recipient of a National Mozart Competition prize, an Arts Council of Wales Young Welsh Singers Competition prize and a Walton Foundation Award, enabling him to attend the Il Cantante Attore III course at the composer's estate ‘La Mortella’, Ischia, where he performed Don Magnifico – La Cenerentola.

Welsh National Opera, recognizing Anthony’s potential soon cast him in several roles. He made his operatic debut as Timur – Turandot where along with other favourable notices was hailed by the Daily Telegraph’s musoic critic as having “a bass voice of Rolls-Royce sumptuousness”, other roles for WNO include, Bartolo - Le Nozze di Figaro, Basilio - Il Barber di Siviglia, Commendatore - Don Giovanni, Gran Sacerdote - Nabucco, Bonze - Madam Butterfly and La Voce - Idomeneo.

Anthony vocal talent drew him to the attention of continental Europe where he sang at Freiburg Opera initially where his roles included: Leporello - Don Giovanni (for which he was nominated, with special acclaim, as the best newcomer in the region in Opernwelt Jahrbuch magazine), The King of Clubs - The Love for Three Oranges, Méphistophélès - Faust, Lodovico – Otello and Selim - Il Turco in Italia and for Toulouse Capitole Opera, Mercure and Chef Greque - Les Troyens, under the baton of Michel Plasson. For the Cardiff Festival his roles include: Bartolo – Le Nozze di Figaro, Michele – Il Tabarro and Dulcamara – L’elisir d’amore.

Other roles in ‘konzertant’ include: Brander - La Damnation de Faust with Kent Nagano at the helm, Chef Greque & Mercure ‘Les Troyens’ under Sir Colin Davies for The London Symphony Orchestra and created the role of Bendigeidfran in the world premier of The King of Britain’s Daughter at the Hay-on-Wye Literature Festival.

Anthony’s London West End appearances include Jacob - Joseph Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on Drury Lane, Howard Keel – The Centennial Celebration at Brasserie Zédel, Piccadilly Circus and the London Palladium Production of Scrooge - The Musical as The Ghost of Christmas Present on its UK tour. Anthony’s film and television work include: Black Bob in Benjamin Britten’s The Little Sweep (Alfresco TV), the title role of St. David/Dewi Sant (Avanti TV), Gran Sacerdote – Nabucco (BBC Network) and King of Clubs - The Love for Three Oranges (Südwestfunk). His media appearances also include: NBC’s ‘Today Show’, TVNZ’s ‘Good Morning’, ABC Darwin’s ‘Arvos with Annie Gastin’ and ‘The Home Run’ on New Zealand’s Times FM.

As a voice-over artist Anthony features as Sparafucile in Operavox’s puppet animation of Rigoletto and in the soundtracks of the feature films ‘Twin Town’ (Figment Films) and ‘The Warrior’ (Medusa Films), theatre announcements for Cunard Line, promos for Pure West Radio and ‘AI’ voices for Replica Media.

On the concert platform Anthony’s performances include: A Royal Command Performance for HM Qaboos bin Said The Sultan of Oman at the Bait Al-Barakah Palace celebrating His Majesty’s 30th Jubilee with the Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra, which led to a return invitation to perform at the Oman Auditorium at the Al Bustan Palace,‘Welsh National Opera’s 50th Anniversary’, Mozart Mass in C Minor and Bruckner Te Deum with The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven Symphony No. 9 and Dvorak Te Deum with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, for the Welsh Proms, ‘A Night To Remember’ with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic at Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral, the title role in Mendelssohn's Elijah with: the National Chamber Orchestra of Wales, Gower Chorale and also with the Farnham and Bourne Choral Society, Bach Magnificat and Mozart Requiem with the Westward Chamber Orchestra, Rossini Stabat Mater and Beethoven Mass in C for the Royal National Eisteddfod, broadcast on S4C TV and world premieres of Eric Jones’s three ‘Great Is The Story’ cantatas: The Nativity, The Appearance and The Fulfilment with the Landsker Singers at St. David’s Cathedral, Pembrokeshire.

In cabaret he recently made successful debuts at The Coral Reef Club, Barbados and has also sung at prestigious venues such as: New York’s Waldorf=Astoria, The Rockefeller Centre's 'Rainbow Room', the Salmagundi Club and London’s famous Gentleman’s Club ‘The Carlton Club’ in St. James’s, Piccadilly.

As a cruise headliner, Anthony has sung for various high end lines, including Cunard, Seabourn, Crystal, Regent, Fred. Olsen and SAGA. He was specifically invited as the first guest entertainer on the inaugural voyage of ‘Spirit of Discovery’ and had the privilege to be asked to perform on the Titanic 100th Memorial Cruise with the memorial service being simultaneously seen by over 80 million viewers on a live broadcast on BBC World News and in a world record breaking feat he is the first entertainer to perform on the most cruise liners in one day, 4 to be exact!  Anthony’s appearances at prestigious events include: ‘The Emerging Vision’ in the presence of Diana Princess of Wales, for the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation, ‘Stage & Screen’ at the iconic Lloyd’s building in the City of London, with the Northern Lights Symphony Orchestra, ‘Wales@Wafi’ in Dubai, ‘This is Wales’ at Hong Kong’s Oval Atrium, ‘An Evening with Anthony Stuart Lloyd’ at New York’s Norwood House, ‘The Wonders of Wales’’ North American road-show, ‘Visit Wales’ at Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier & National Gallery of Canada, the Not Forgotten Association’s Garden Party at Buckingham Palace in the presence of HRH Princess Anne The Princess Royal after initially performing at the their ‘Veterans Day Show’ in The New Armoury at The Tower of London and for the Women’s Institute 100th Anniversary Celebrations, Anthony performed before 1,400 ladies of the East Kent Federation Women’s Institute Conference.