Person Open DS/UK/4550 Hancock; Gareth (fl 2008-); British conductor Hancock Gareth fl 2008- British conductor Male

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 Phillips’s The Yellow Sofa for both Festival and Tour. Other operatic engagements include Madama Butterfly (Opera North), Rigoletto, The Abduction from the Seraglio, Strauss’s Wiener Blut, Peter Brooks’ La Tragedie de Carmen and Eugene Onegin (English Touring Opera), Massenet’s Cendrillon, Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia and a double bill of Walton’s The Bear and Berkeley’s 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 Boe’s debut album with the Brno Philharmonic. Future conducting work includes Don Pasquale and Madama Butterfly for Glyndebourne Tour and Rimsky-Korsakov’s 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) https://www.ram.ac.uk/about-us/staff/gareth-hancock International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbryony 2/25/2013 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 49989c9c-605b-4e4d-b98a-d9d1722f9945