Julian Gavin (born 1965) is an Australian-born British operatic tenor who has sung leading roles both in the United Kingdom and internationally.
Gavin has sung the role of Riccardo/Gustavo in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera several times in his career, most recently for the Opéra National de Bordeaux in 2008, but in 2002 he made the news for not singing it.
Before rehearsals began, he withdrew from the English National Opera's notorious production by Calixto Bieito which included a chorus of men seated on toilets, a mass Nazi salute and a homosexual rape scene.
[9] His performances in 20th-century works include John Stephen Beaumont in Nicholas Maw's The Rising of the Moon, broadcast by the BBC in 1995 and Arvito in Italo Montemezzi's L'amore dei tre re which he sang for Opera Holland Park in 2007.
[12] In 2015 Gavin was invited to become a Patron of the Australian performing arts charity, the Tait Memorial Trust;[13] he has since joined their music board.