- Dialogues des Carmélites – The Jailer
- Die Meistersinger – Konrad Nachtigall
- Der Rosenkavalier – A Notary/Marschallin’s Footman
- Die Meistersinger – Hermann Ortel
Andrew Mayor Jailer was born in Manchester and educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford, singing as a chorister and subsequently as a choral scholar at Magdalen College. He studied singing at the Royal Academy of Music.
An early experience was as soloist in a performance of “Messiah from Scratch” at the Royal Albert Hall, conducted by Sir David Willcocks. Another milestone was singing as bass soloist in Beethoven’s Choral Fantasia with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Maurizio Pollini conducted by Claudio Abbado in the Festspielhaus Salzburg.
Andrew also has a busy operatic career, touring the USA as Danilo (Die lustige Witwe) and throughout Europe as Sharpless (Madama Butterfly) and the title role in Rigoletto for Compagnia d’Opera Italiana di Milano. Roles in the UK include Renato (Un ballo in maschera) and the Count (Le Nozze di Figaro) at Holland Park, Ford (Falstaff) for English Touring Opera, conducted by Ivor Bolton, and the title role in Don Giovanni for Mid Wales Opera. At the Royal Opera House, he sang Starveling in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream conducted by Sir Richard Hickox. Last year Andrew sang Donner (Rheingold) and (Götterdämmerung) in critically acclaimed performances of the full Ring Cycle for Regents Opera in London. This summer he performed Simon in Simon Boccanegra, also in London. Future plans in 2027 include the title role in Nabucco in the Teatro Flavio Vespasiano, Rieti.
Andrew is also a qualified solicitor, has a Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages qualification to teach English and is training to be a Feldenkrais Method Practitioner. He is also a member of the British Association of Ski Instructors.