| Biography | Born in North Yorkshire, England and studied at Exeter College, Oxford, the University of St Andrews and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.
Operatic roles have included the title role inWozzeck (Theater St Gallen, Maximillian Candide (Konzerthaus Vienna), Winston 1984 (La Scala, Milan), Count Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro (Garsington Opera), The Bonze Madama Butterfly (English National Opera), Odysseus Birds Barks Bones (The Opera Group), Eisenstein Die Fledermaus (Oporto), Orest Elektra(New York Philharmonic with Deborah Polaski conducted by Lorin Maazel), Nazarene Salome (Netherlands Opera, Royal Opera, London), Donner Das Rheingold (Canadian Opera Company, Flanders Opera, LOpéra national du Rhin, Tyroler Festival) and Kamarad Der Silbersee (Wexford Festival). He also created the title role in Franz Hummels Ludwig 11: Sehnsucht nach dem Paradies at the Musical Theater Neuschwanstein in Füssen, a performance available on Polygram CD.
Conductors with whom he has worked include Jane Glover, Martyn Brabbins, Gustav Kuhn, Lorin Maazel, Gunther Neubold and Gerard Schwarz, whilst directors with whom he has collaborated included John Cox, David Freeman, Peter Konwitschny, Robert Lepage, David McVicar, Anthony Minghella and David Warner.
Concert work has included performances with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Huddersfield Choral Society, the London Mozart Players, the North Netherlands Orchestra, the Northern Sinfonia, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra, in repertoire including Brahms Requiem, Messiah, Carmina Burana, Mozart Requiem and Schumann Scenes from Goethes Faust.
Recent engagements have included Nazarene Salome at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Surin The Queen of Spades for Opera North, Albert in the world premiere of Fabio Vacchi's Lo Stesso Mare at the Teatro Petruzzelli, Bari, and Trinity Moses The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny for the Israeli Opera.
Current engagements include the title role in Wozzeck for the Israeli Opera, Donner Das Rheingold for Longborough Festival Opera, the St Matthew Passion in York Minster, Messiah with the Royal Choral Society at the Royal Albert Hall, London, Mahler Symphony No. 8 with the New London Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, London, Mozart Mass in C Minor in Hereford Cathedral and a Verdi and Wagner Gala with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with Scottish Opera. |