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), Don José (Carmen/Arcadian Opera), Erster geharnischter Mann / Zweiter Priester (Die Zauberflöte/RCM International Opera Studio), Oronte (Alcina/Saluzzo Opera Academy), Lensky (Eugene Onegin/Bath Opera), as well as debuting the roles of Tenor Caterpillar (Growing Wings/Eluned Davies) and 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, 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 is excited to be debuting the role of Louis in Louis Mander’s new opera The Waves, which is to be performed at the Oslo Opera Festival this September. He is also performing as Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore with Celebrate Voice, as well as joining the ensemble of English Touring Opera for their spring production of Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi, as well as performing a role in their Learning & Participation production The Vanishing Forest by Jonathan Ainscough and Michael Betteridge.