Darius Campbell, also known professionally either as Darius Danesh or Darius, is a Scottish platinum-selling singer-songwriter, a West End stage actor, an operatic baritone, an author, and an Ambassador for The Prince's Trust. He performed the role of Billy Flynn in the West End production of Chicago, the youngest ever to play that part, in two runs of the musical. He played both the lead role of Sky Masterson in the Olivier Award winning Guys and Dolls, and the originating role of Rhett Butler in Sir Trevor Nunn's theatrical adaptation of Gone with the Wind. In 2010 he trained with tenor Rolando Villaz�n, won the hit ITV competition Popstar to Operastar, and performed a duet with Villaz�n on "The Impossible Dream." The United Kingdom's biggest operatic production ever was the occasion of his operatic d�but, at The O? arena with the Royal Philharmonic, in Carmen. At 29, he became the youngest performer to assume the lead role of Carmen's lover, a role more often awarded to a baritone in his forties. Also in 2010 he starred in The History of the Big Bands tour, a show which takes the audience on a musical journey through the Big Band and Swing era. [More at Wikipedia]

August 19th, 1980 in Glasgow  /  Died:   Aug 11th, 2022