British tenor Daniel Gray Bell is a recent graduate of the Royal College of Music, having obtained both a Bachelor of Music (Hons) and Master of Performance under Justin Lavender. He has also recently completed his training at the Alexander Gibson Opera Studio at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, under Iain Paton.

Operatic roles include Le Prince Charmant (Cendrillon/Alexander Gibson Opera Studio, RCS), Arbace (Idomeneo/Alexander Gibson Opera Studio, RCS), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni/Hurn Court Opera; Arcadian Opera), Nemorino (L’elisir d’amor/Celebrate Voice), Erster geharnischter Mann / Zweiter Priester (Die Zauberflöte/RCM International Opera Studio), Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly/Arcadian Opera), Don José (Carmen/Arcadian Opera), Oronte (Alcina/Saluzzo Opera Academy), Lensky (Eugene Onegin/Bath Opera), as well as debuting the roles of Louis (The Waves/Louis Mander) in the Oslo Opera Festival and Tenor Caterpillar (Growing Wings/Eluned Davies), Teenage Boy (My Days as a Zombie on Earth/Darren Sng) with RCM/Tête à Tête: Odesseys. Covered roles include Rodolfo (La bohème/Hurn Court Opera), Soldato 1/Lucano/Famigliare 2 (L'incoronazione di Poppea/The Grange Festival). He has also performed as Toby (The Medium) with the Alexander Gibson Opera Studio at RCS.

On the concert platform Daniel has performed a number of works, including Bach's Johannes-Passion (Evangelista), Händel's The Messiah, Stainer’s The Crucifixion, Haydn’s The Creation, Britten’s St. Nicolas, Schütz’ Weihnachtshistorie, Mozart's Requiem in D minor, Puccini's Messa di Gloria, and Verdi's Messa da Requiem. Recent highlights include his debut with the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, performing Bach’s B Minor Mass & Oster-Oratorium, as well as Haydn’s The Creation, with the Grange Choral Society.

This upcoming season, Daniel looking forward to performing as Male Chorus in Hampstead Garden Opera’s production of Bitten’s The Rape of Lucretia, as well as singing the role of Ferrando in Longhope Opera’s production of Mozart’s Così fan tutti, with the Scherzo Ensemble this summer. Daniel will be joining the ensemble of English Touring Opera for their Autumn 2026 season, performing in Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, covering the Sailor, and the one to a part tenor chorus of Gluck’s Orphée et eurydice.