…studied at the Royal Northern College of Music Manchester in the UK and as a student won the Towyn Roberts Scholarship at the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales, one of his country's most prestigious singing competitions.

Soon after graduating Timothy made his professional operatic debut in 1998 as Alfredo in La Traviata for Welsh National Opera; this quickly led to invitations to perform in Basel, Innsbruck, and Oslo. After these early successes, he found himself in demand to sing the leading lirico/spinto tenor roles in many of Europe’s great opera houses.

His engagement as The Italian Tenor in Der Rosenkavalier at the Semperoper Dresden in 1999 marked the beginning of a long and successful association with the opera house which included his debut as Rodolfo in La Bohème the following year to great critical acclaim.

Since then, Timothy Richards has appeared at Semperoper Dresden, Staatsoper Berlin, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, National Opera Oslo, Royal Danish Opera Copenhagen, Grand Opera Poznan, Glyndebourne Oper, ENO London Colliseum, Komische Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Leipzig, Staatsoper Stuttgart, the Spoleto Festival in Italy,  Opernfestspiele St Margarethen in Austria and at many other opera houses and Festivals throughout Europe.

Timothy continues to sing all over Germany and most recently has been engaged to sing at the Albert Hall London, Japan and Austria where he made his debut singing at the Musikverein in Vienna.

Timothy opens his 2025/26 season with an open-air concert at Kurpark Classix in Aachen, performing the role of Shanty in Liverpool Oratorio by Paul McCartney and Carl Davis. He then returns to the Estonia National Opera, where he will sing Manrico in Il Trovatore, Lohengrin in Lohengrin, and make his role debut as Peter Grimes in Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes.

During the season, Timothy will also appear in a charity concert for World Cancer Day and perform the role of Don José in Carmen in Oulu, Finland, as part of the European Capital of Culture 2026 programme.