This week, bass-baritone Derek Welton makes his BBC Proms debut singing Bruckner’s Mass No.3 with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra under Juanjo Mena on 1 August.

Next season, outside of his operatic commitments as a member of the ensemble at Deutsche Oper Berlin and guest appearances as Graf Dominik (Arabella) and Heerrufer (Lohengrin) with Semperoper Dresden, Derek debuts with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra under Pablo Heras-Casado and the Orquesta Nacional de España under Xian Zhang performing St Matthew Passion and Glagolitic Massrespectively.