| Biography | Mark studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
He has sung with many opera companies including Royal Opera, English National Opera, Opera North, Raymond Gubbay, Scottish Opera, Garsington Opera, Longborough Festival Opera, Opera Holland Park, Mid Wales Opera and Savoy
Opera.
Roles include Rigoletto and Escamillo (Carmen) for Kentish Opera and Heritage Opera; Bottom (Midsummer Night's Dream) for Longborough Festival Opera; Figaro (Barber of Seville and Marriage of Figaro), Scarpia (Tosca), Don Giovanni and Sharpless (Madame Butterfly) for Heritage Opera; Ben Budge/Wat Dreary (Beggars Opera) for Royal Opera; Antonio (Marriage of Figaro) for Garsington Opera at the Barbican conducted by Jane Glover; Narumov (Queen of Spades) for Opera Holland Park; Krusina (Bartered Bride) for Mid Wales Opera, and the Hotel Waiter/Boatman (Death in Venice) for the Aldeburgh and Bregenz Festivals conducted by Paul Daniel.
Mark works regularly with David Owen Norris and The Works with whom he performed Two Murders and a Marriage and The Reduced Figaro in Norway and the UK. With Bampton Classical Opera he has helped to introduce several lesser known classical works to a UK audience notably Salieris Falstaff. He recently worked with English National Opera covering the role of Pizarro in Fidelio.
He has been heard several times on BBC Radio 3 and has sung in a variety of oratorios and recitals throughout the UK and Ireland including Mendelssohns Elijah, Brahms Requiem, Handels Messiah and Haydns Creation. He features in gala concerts with Glossopera, Trovatori and Commedia Opera. |