Owain takes the MOCSA Title
This Was Posted: 31st July 2025
The results of the 2025 MOCSA Young Welsh Singer of the Year Competition have been announced and the winner is Welsh baritone OWAIN ROWLANDS.
Owain Rowlands’ highlights include playing the title role in RWCMD’s productions of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, performing at WNO’s annual Opera Gala and representing Wales at Expo 2025 in Japan as the Cultural International Ambassador for the Urdd and RWCMD.
Internationally, Owain has performed in China, Alabama, Georgia, New York, Washington DC, Philadelphia and more recently in Japan.
Owain’s success in competitions include being a finalist in the Sir Bryn Terfel Scholarship competition, Pendine International Voice of the Future at Llangollen Eisteddfod, Dunraven Young Singer of the Year and winner of Llais Llwyfan Llanbed, London Welsh Young Singer Competition, the W Towyn Roberts Scholarship prize and the Sir Ian Stoutzker Prize.
Currently Owain is soon to graduate from the David Seligman Opera School at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama where he was the recipient of the Sir Geraint Evans Centenary and the Ryan Davies Scholarships.
Operatic roles include Don Giovanni (RWCMD), Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (RWCMD), Simone in Gianni Schicchi (RWCMD), Il Re in La bella dormente nel bosco (RWCMD) Notary/Guccio/Pinellino in Gianni Schicchi (covers for WNO) and Brikbrak in Alcina’s Island (Bampton Classical Opera), among others. He has worked with conductors such as Maestro Carlo Rizzi, Maestro Xu Zhong and James Southall.