Ronald Nairne joined ENO in August 2012. He studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, the Royal Academy of Music and at the National Opera Studio. During that period, he was supported by the Susan Chilcott Award, the Countess of Munster Trust, the Musicians Benevolent Fund, and the Sir James Caird Scholarship.

Previously for ENO: Lumberjack Paul Bunyan, Second Soldier Salome, Second Prisoner Fidelio, Sentry Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and King Aida, as well as covering Sarastro The Magic Flute, Gremin Eugene Onegin and Radcliffe Billy Budd