He finished his studies there having performed roles in excerpts, concerts, plays and operas including Rochester in Jane Eyre, Figaro in The Barber of Seville, Doctor Malatesta in Don Pasquale as well as performing a number of lieder recitals and song cycles.

After college Darren played the roles of Sandor Barinkay in The Gypsy Baron, the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz and Gaylord Ravenal in Showboat before moving to London to work at the Millenium Dome and continue his voice studies privately as a tenor.

When the Dome (now the O2) closed he joined Oddbins becoming an assistant manager before being offered a full time chorus position with Carl Rosa Opera Company with whom he travelled throughout the UK and Ireland, North America, Australia and New Zealand performing and understudying lead roles in The Mikado, Pirates Of Penzance, HMS Pinafore, Iolanthe, Yeomen Of The Guard, The Gondoliers and Die Fledermaus.

During his time off from Carl Rosa, Darren also performed with Opera Holland Park in Eugene Onegin, Andrea Chenier, Rigoletto, Manon Lescaut, Fedora, Queen of Spades. Nabucco with Dorset Opera and toured with Mid Wales Opera in The Bartered Bride.  He also sang in a number of recitals of Schubert and Schumann songs with an English translation by Mr Jeffrey Benton, as well as the tenor solos in The Messiah and Elijah.  He then performed the lead role in a concert version of Edward German's Tom Jones and played The God Progress in A Fiddle Fable at the Ludlow Festival.

Recently Darren was the Player Boy in Death In Venice at the Aldeburgh Festival and the Bregenz Festival (Austria), where he also performed in Tosca and the football opera Playing Away.

Darren has also performed at the Royal Albert Hall in Raymond Gubbay's Tosca and Madam Butterfly.  He also took part in community opera projects with Birmingham Opera in Graham Vick's award-winning La Traviata and Idomeneo.

As well as Trovatori, Darren regularly performs as part of the guitar playing tenor duo Zampa.