| Biography | Born in Worcester, Gareth Hancock studied at Clare College, Cambridge and The Royal Academy of Music, where he is now Director of Royal Academy Opera.
For Glyndebourne he has conducted L'elisir d'amore on tour and Julian Phillipss The Yellow Sofa for both Festival and Tour. Other operatic engagements include Madama Butterfly (Opera North), Rigoletto, The Abduction from the Seraglio, Strausss Wiener Blut, Peter Brooks La Tragedie de Carmen and Eugene Onegin (English Touring Opera), Massenets Cendrillon, Brittens The Rape of Lucretia and a double bill of Waltons The Bear and Berkeleys A Dinner Engagement for Royal Academy Opera and The Marriage of Figaro and The Barber of Seville, both for Savoy Opera, where he was Head of Music.
Concert work includes Dvorak's New World Symphony with the RPO and an opera gala with the Philharmonia at the Cheltenham Festival, where he has also conducted Carmina Burana. He also conducted the RPO in the Waterloo Bi-centenary concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Recordings include Puccini arias with the Philharmonia for Chandos Opera in English series and Alfie Boes debut album with the Brno Philharmonic.
Future conducting work includes Don Pasquale and Madama Butterfly for Glyndebourne Tour and Rimsky-Korsakovs May Night for Royal Academy Opera.
As an accompanist Gareth has appeared at all the major London venues and throughout Europe and the USA. In addition he has appeared at many festivals including Cheltenham, Harrogate and Barmouth. He has also broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Radio France and Classic FM.
He was made a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in 2014.
Gareth succeeded Professor Jane Glover as Director of Royal Academy Opera in July 2016. (Updated October 0216) |