Ian Belsey (born 1962) is an English singer and actor specialising in baritone opera roles of the bel canto period, but he is best known for his performances in light music and operetta, particularly the works of Gilbert and Sullivan.
[1] Belsey has appeared in opera and the works of Gilbert and Sullivan at theatres and concert halls throughout the United Kingdom and in France, Germany, Holland, Spain, New York, Bermuda, the Far East and aboard the QE2 on the World Cruise.
He has been a guest artist for the Welsh National Opera and the Northern Sinfonia and has given vocal master classes at leading drama schools in England.
[5][6] Since 2004, he has appeared as the Sergeant of Police in Opera della Luna's productions of The Parson's Pirates, as the title role in The Mikado,[7][8] as Sir Roderic Murgatroyd in The Ghosts of Ruddigore,[9] La Belle Helene,[10] and The Tales of Hoffmann.
[11][12] He has also played Major General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus and the Lord Chancellor in Iolanthe at The Sevenoaks Festival.