"Giles Davies was a fine young (ish) Point, with white facial makeup and a first class voice. Although he was brisk and sprightly, he let his dialogue breathe". 'The Yeomen of the Guard', Kentish Opera. Sullivan Society Newsletter (2023)
"Others who are also excellent in role include Giles Davies as sixteenth-century jester Jack Point. He is able to give genuine poise and depth to this part, especially in his dialogue, and his Act Two scene with Wilfrid Shadbolt (Graham Stone) is one of the highlights of the show, being both witty and poignant". The Yeomen of the Guard, Kentish Opera. London Theatre 1 (2023)
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Giles studied at the Purcell School of Music and on a scholarship with Norman Bailey at the RCM, where he won the Lieder Competition. Since then, his concert and opera engagements have taken him across the globe, in repertoire from all periods.
He has recorded for the BBC, Capriol Films, Naxos, Chandos, Divine Art Records, Boo Productions, and on numerous film soundtracks.
For Music Theatre Wales at the Linbury Theatre, Covent Garden, he created the title role of Edgar Drake in The Piano Tuner by Nigel Osborne, for which he received critical acclaim.
He has toured the UK and America as Pish-Tush in The Mikado, (Carl Rosa) and also for Raymond Gubbay at the Barbican, Royal Festival Hall, Symphony Hall and the Bridgewater Hall. More recently he has appeared in the roles of the Counsel for the Prosecution and James Smith in ‘Madeleine’ by David Hackbridge Johnson with Surrey Opera. In 2022, he appeared with the company in their sell out production of Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ at the Minack Theatre, Cornwall, in the role of Leporello. Giles can also be heard on the CD ‘Prayers of the Rosary’, (2020) by Katharine Blake and the Mediaeval Baebes celebrating 25 years of the group.
He has also appeared with New Sussex Opera in their critically acclaimed productions of Offenbach’s ‘The Princess of Trebizonde’ and ‘La Belle Lurette’, and as Phantis in ‘Utopia Limited’ (Buxton Opera House).
2023 engagements have included the role of Sir John in the UK premiere of ‘Sense and Sensibility’ the musical with Surrey Opera, and Jack Point in ‘The Yeomen of the Guard’ with Kentish Opera, winners of the NODA award.
He also appeared as Sir Joseph Porter in ‘HMS Pinafore’ (Grim’s Dyke Opera), and as the Lord Chancellor in ‘Iolanthe’ (Opera Anywhere). 2024 engagements have included the King of Egypt in Verdi’s ‘Aida’ with Kentish Opera, and the revival of ‘Sense and Sensibility the musical with Surrey Opera at the Minack Theatre, Cornwall. He will join Kentish Opera again this autumn as the learned Judge in Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘Trial by Jury’, and is delighted to be making his debut with Carshalton Opera as the Baron in Viardot Garcia's Salon Operetta ‘Cinderella’. In August, he was featured on Matthew Price's Breakfast show on BBC Radio Jersey.