Born in Dorset, Dominic Wheeler studied at Clare College, Cambridge, the RCM and the Liszt-Akademie in Budapest. He was also Audi Conducting Scholar and, later, guest conductor at Dartington International Summer School.
He has conducted: for ENO, The Barber of Seville, Siegfried, Rhinegold, War and Peace, The Capture of Troy and The Turk in Italy; for Opera North, L’Elisir d’Amore, Don Giovanni; for Scottish Opera, Don Giovanni and Alceste (also at the Opéra de Nice); for Opera New Zealand, Manon; Tosca, Werther, La Bohème; for Holland Park, Madam Butterfly; for ETO, The Pearl Fishers, The Marriage of Figaro, Fidelio and Macbeth.