Mark Christian Bautista

Mark Christian Bautista is a Filipino tenor based in the United Kingdom. He trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Opera Course in London under Professor Susan Waters. His operatic and concert career spans the Philippines, UK, and Europe, with performances at Glyndebourne, Grange Park Opera, Barbican Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, and the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

In Manila, he made his orchestral debut with the Manila Symphony Orchestra in its Rush Hour Concert Series and performed extensively with Viva Voce Voice Labs, a premiere opera studio in the Philippines led by Camille Lopez-Molina and Pablo Molina.

UK stage credits include Alfredo, La Traviata (Oxford Opera Company); Rodolfo, La bohème (North Wales Opera Studio); Father Grenville, Howard Boucher, Motorcycle Cop, Dead Man Walking; Tiberge, Le Portrait de Manon; Harlequin, Fête Galante; Raimondo, I due timidi; Der Gehilfe, Der Zar lässt sich photographieren; Le Comte Barigoule (cover), Cendrillon; Nerone, L’incoronazione di Poppea; and Tom Rakewell (cover)/Chorus, The Rake’s Progress (British Youth Opera).

Guildhall Opera School scenes include La Rondine, Roméo et Juliette, L’elisir d’amore, L’heure espagnole, Die tote Stadt, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Il barbiere di Siviglia. Cover and chorus roles include Giuseppe, La Traviata; Vierter Knappe, Parsifal; Dr. Caius, Falstaff; and ensemble work in Don Giovanni, Semele, Carmen, Die Zauberflöte, Merry Widow, Tristan und Isolde, Il Turco in Italia, Le Nozze di Figaro, Saul, and Falstaff (Glyndebourne); Porgy and Bess (Grange Park Opera).

During his free time, Mark loves to cook,travel, take photos, video games, and geeking out with the latest technology in mobile, games, software and AI.