Martyn has performed with many professional opera and musical theatre companies both in UK and abroad including Glyndebourne, ENO, Royal Opera House, New D'Oyly Carte, New Sadler's Wells Opera, Kent Opera, Pimlico Opera, Opera Holland Park, Cambridge Opera, Opera Restor'd, Cambridge Opera and many provincial Festival groups. In Europe he has appeared in Bruges, Vienna, Nuremberg, Paris, Vierzon, Heideck and further afield Adelaide in Australia.
He has performed most of the grand opera & operetta title Tenor roles including: Don Jose, Alfredo, Ferrando, Don Ottavio, Hoffman, Von Stolzing, Peter Grimes, Tamino, & Rinuccio In Operetta - Camille, Eisenstein, Alfred, Student Prince to name a few. However, his speciality has been comprimario character roles, such as Franz, Pedrillo, Snout, Basilio, Don Curzio, Bardolpho, Guiseppe & Remendado. World première performances include the Silver Tassie at English National Opera. Millennium eve was spent at W.S. Gilbert’s house - Gryms Dyke performing G & S operas.
Martyn was well known as a regular guest soloist for numerous opera and music theatre groups as a last minute principal replacement when others went sick!
He worked as a freelance singer with ENO until 2012 and latterly engagements included The Proms, Parsifal, the Damnation of Faust & Simon Boccanegra.
Martyn has a wide experience of musicals having been in Phantom of the Opera, Sweeney Todd, Bernadette and all the Gilbert & Sullivan operettas as Principal with the new D’Oyly Carte and New Savoyards of London. Operatic pantomime and Music hall at the Players' theatre contrasts with oratorio performances which have included tenor soloist in the St. Matthew Passion at Snape Maltings, & standard oratorio repertoire, notably under the baton of the late Sir Charles Groves.
Martyn now tours regularly with his own wide repertoire of lecture concerts for varied occasions and interests.
TV voice work has included opera adverts, Spitting image - voice over of Sir Harry Secombe and opera voice overs + 'Allo 'allo, Trial of Klaus Barbie, the Bill, Poirot, Lovejoy The Pefect Spy, Hannay, Bejewelled, World in Action & even featured in Eastenders!
MARTYN recently appeared in Australia as as part of the 2015 ANZAC celebrations in Adelaide raising funds for RSL charities with his Presentation A-Z of the Musicals in a Musical Matinee at West Croydon & Kilkenny RSL Branch