Award-winning Australian baritone Allyn Wu, based in London, is a dynamic and versatile performer working across Europe, with a particular affinity for historically informed performance, oratorio, and song. He is currently in the final months of his postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music, where he holds a scholarship and studies with Mark Wildman, Raymond Connell, and Chad Vindin.

An experienced oratorio soloist, Allyn has performed under distinguished conductors including Masaaki Suzuki, Harry Christophers, Laurence Cummings, Trevor Pinnock, John Butt, David Hill, Christoph Rousset, and Peter Whelan. His repertoire encompasses major works such as Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, Handel’s Messiah and Dettingen Te Deum, Mozart’s Requiem, Haydn’s Nelson Mass and The Creation, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, C.P.E. Bach’s Magnificat, and J.S. Bach’s St John Passion, St Matthew Passion, Christmas Oratorio, and Mass in B minor, in addition to numerous cantatas.

In 2025, he was awarded Second Prize at the Concours Corneille in Rouen, organised by Le Poème Harmonique and adjudicated by Véronique Gens and Vincent Dumestre.

His operatic work spans repertoire from early music to contemporary opera. Recent highlights include an award-nominated performance in Purcell’s The Fairy Queen with Hampstead Garden Opera. His roles include Aeneas (Dido and Aeneas), Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte), Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Apollo (Apollo e Dafne), the title role in Britten’s Owen Wingrave, and the Podestat in Bizet’s Le Docteur Miracle.

He is also deeply committed to new music, collaborating with composers in the creation of new works. He has originated roles in Sarah Marze’s The District and George Parris’ When the Sky Cracks Open at the Tête à Tête Opera Festival. During his time at the Academy, he was selected for the Glyndebourne Opera Lab.

Allyn has also performed extensively as a chorus member, appearing in productions including Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress under Trevor Pinnock, Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro under Alice Farnham, Rossini’s La Cenerentola under Jonathan Darbourne with Hampstead Garden Opera, Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer under Anthony Negus, and Verdi’s Falstaff under Paul Daniel at the Endellion Festival.

As a recitalist, he performs regularly across the UK and is a member of the Royal Academy of Music’s prestigious Song Circle. His appearances include recitals at the Austrian Cultural Forum, the Italian Cultural Institute, and the Royal Academy of Music Piano Festival. He has also performed at 22 Mansfield Street in a programme of Brahms and the Schumanns, collaborating with pianist and scholar Richard Stokes. Upcoming engagements include a recital tour with Le Poème Harmonique, presenting a programme of 17th-century French air de cour.

Alongside his solo work, Allyn is an active and versatile choral singer, performing with ensembles including the Monteverdi Choir, Vox Luminis, The Sixteen, the Academy of Ancient Music, and Oxford Bach Soloists. He is currently a Monteverdi Apprentice with the Monteverdi Choir and an Emerging Artist with the Brighton Early Music Festival, and sings regularly with the choirs of Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral, and Westminster Cathedral.

In addition to his singing, he is developing his conducting under Nicholas Chalmers, and has participated in masterclasses with leading artists including Dame Sarah Connolly, Nicky Spence, Mark Padmore, Dame Emma Kirkby, and Iestyn Davies.

Allyn is grateful for the generous support of the London Women’s Clinic Foundation Award and the Josephine Baker Trust.