Robert Murray studied at the Royal College of Music and the National Opera Studio, and was a Jette Parker Young Artist. He has performed principal roles with the Royal Opera House, Hamburg State Opera, English and Welsh National operas, Norwegian Opera, Bergen National Opera, Beijing Music Festival, Venice Biennale, and the Salzburg and Edinburgh festivals. He made his debuts with the Bayerische Staatsoper (Peter Grimes), Teatro all Scala Milan in (Thomas Adés The Tempest) and the Theater an der Wien (title role of Handel Belshazzar). He appears regularly in concert with Edward Gardner, Paul McCreesh, Harry Christophers and Sir Simon Rattle.