Performances



2009



10 December 2009 - 18 April 2010

Jonathan Dove The Enchanted Pig
Covering the roles of Pig, King Hildebrand/North Wind, King of the West/Sun
Co-production of ROH2, The Opera Group and The Young Vic
62 performances at the Linbury Theatre (The Royal Opera House), New Victory Theatre (New York), Theatre Royal (Bury St Edmund’s), Lawrence Batley Theatre (Huddersfield), Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester) and Oxford Playhouse
Tim Murray, conductor
Brad Cohen, conductor (New York)
John Fulljames, director


5 December

Handel Messiah HWV 56
Hallé Choir
Hallé Orchestra
Christian Curnyn, conductor


14 November

Clonter Opera Gala Concert
Leoncavallo Pagliacci ‘Sì puo?’ (Tonio)
Bizet Les pêcheurs des perles ‘Au fond du temple saint’ (Zurga)
Verdi La traviata ‘Madamigella Valéry … Pura siccome un angelo’ (Germont)
Geoffrey Saunders, director
Robin Humphreys, piano


5, 9, 11 September

Stravinsky The Rake's Progress (Nick Shadow)
British Youth Opera
Southbank Sinfonia
Peter Robinson, conductor
William Kerley, director


25 July

Charpentier Te Deum H 146
Handel Dixit Dominus HWV 232
Somerset Chamber Choir, Canzona
Graham Caldbeck, conductor


15-19 July

International Congress of Voice Teachers
Young Professionals’ Programme
Paris, France


13 June

Mozart Requiem KV 626
Keele Bach Choir, Keele Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
Matthew Willis, conductor


11, 12 June

Handel Apollo e Dafne HWV 122 (Apollo)
International Baroque Players
Christopher Bucknall, director


3, 8 June

Rossini La cambiale di Matrimonio (Mill)
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Clive Timms, conductor, Alessandro Talevi, director


31 May

John Ireland Festival
Ireland The Land of Lost Content
Bojana Dimkovic, piano


10 May

Hampstead and Highgate Springfest: A Housman Celebration
A selection of settings of Alfred Edward Housman’s poetry:
Butterworth Six Songs from ‘A Shropshire Lad’
Head ‘Ludlow Town’
Barber ‘With rue my heart is laden’
Moeran Ludlow Town Nos 1-3
Ireland The Land of Lost Content
With Bojana Dimkovic, piano and Richard Stokes, narrator


16 April

Puccini Messa da Gloria
Mendelssohn Lauda Sion
Leith Hill Music Festival Choir, English Festival Orchestra, Brian Kay, conductor


14 April

Handel Jephtha HWV 70 (Zebul)
London Handel Orchestra, Laurence Cummings, director
Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 17 April at 18:30


10 April

Bach Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 (bass arias)
London Handel Orchestra, Laurence Cummings, director


5 April

Handel Messiah HWV 56
Burford Singers, Cotswold Chamber Orchestra, Brian Kay, conductor


21 March

Handel Solomon HWV 67
Solomon Choir and Orchestra, Jonathan Sells, conductor


15 March

Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
Dundee Choral Union, Orchestra of the Scottish Opera, Norman Beedie, conductor
Caird Hall, Dundee.


4, 9 March

Sallinen The King goes forth to France (Prince/King)
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Clive Timms, conductor, Martin Lloyd-Evans, director


30 January, 9 February

Schubert Schwanengesang D 957
Marek Ruszczynski, piano



2008



6 December

Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs
Vaughan Williams Sancta Civitas
Oxford Bach Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Cleobury, conductor


4 December

Handel Messiah HWV 56
London Handel Orchestra, Simon Williams, conductor


1 December

Vaughan Williams Sir John in Love: ‘Oh that Joy so soon should waste’ (Falstaff) with Jean-Paul Pruna, piano
Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music with Graham Johnson and Ronan O'Hora, pianos


18 November

Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs
Jean-Paul Pruna, piano, concert series devised by Graham Johnson


15 November

Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem
Chichester Singers, Jonathan Willcocks, conductor


8, 12 November

Gluck La rencontre imprévue (Vertigo)
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Nicholas Kok, conductor, Stephen Medcalf, director


10, 12, 16, 18 October

Mozart Don Giovanni KV 527 (Don Giovanni)
Jessica Cottis, conductor, Jorge Balça, director



27 September

Fauré Requiem
Members of the Oxford Bach Choir, Nicholas Cleobury, conductor



27 July

Oxford Lieder ‘Summer Song Series’
Sholto Kynoch, piano
Vaughan Williams The House of Life
Richard Strauss „Zueignung“, „Die Nacht“, „Allerseelen“, „Wozu noch, Mädchen“, „Breit über mein Haupt“, „Du meines Herzens Krönelein“, „Ach weh mir, unglückhaftem Mann“
Poulenc ‘Nuage’, ‘La grenouillère’, ‘Carte-postale’, ‘Avant le cinéma’, ‘Rosemonde’, ‘Dernier poème’
Ravel Don Quichotte à Dulcinée


3, 4 July

Guildhall School Opera Scenes
Offenbach Orphée aux enfers Duo de la mouche (Jupiter), Handel Rinaldo Act 3 Scenes 5-6 (Argante), Rossini La Cenerentola Act 2 sextet (Dandini)


21 June

Elgar The Dream of Gerontius (Priest and Angel of the Agony)
Chichester Singers, Jonathan Willcocks, conductor



18, 19 June

Handel Messiah
EC4 Music, Tim Crosley, conductor



18, 23, 31 May, 1 June, 7 June, 5, 11, 12, 20 July, 3 August

Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro (Figaro)
Touring production:  Opera East Productions, Oliver Gooch, conductor, Jeff Clarke, director



6 May

Beethoven Sechs Lieder Op 48
Liz Rossiter, piano, Guildhall School of Music and Drama



5 April

Schubert Die Winterreise
Bojana Dimković, piano



27 March

Handel Messiah
Solomon Choir and Orchestra, Jonathan Sells, conductor



21 March

Bach St Matthew Passion BWV 244 (Jesus and bass soloist)
London Handel Orchestra, Laurence Cummings, conductor


11, 12, 14 March

Guildhall School Opera Scenes
Mozart Don Giovanni Act 1 Finale (Don Giovanni), Mozart Così fan tutte Act 2 Finale (Guglielmo), Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream Act 2 quartet (Demetrius)


8 March

Handel Messiah
Oxford Bach Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Cleobury, conductor


1 March

Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel, ‘Love-sight’, ‘Silent noon’ and ‘Heart's haven’ (The House of Life)
Abingdon Arts Festival, with Wendy Hiscocks, piano


2007


11, 13, 14 December

Stravinsky The Rake's Progress Act 3 Scene 2 (Nick Shadow)
Bellini I Puritani Finale Act 2 (Riccardo)
Guildhall School Opera Scenes


2 December

Handel Messiah
Royal Albert Hall:  The Really Big Chorus, The English Festival Orchestra, David Willcocks, conductor


22, 24, 26, 28 November

Mozart Die Zauberflöte (Speaker)
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, William Kerley, director, Sian Edwards, conductor


17 November

Duruflé Requiem, Bernstein Chichester Psalms
Bookham Choral Society, Jessica Cottis, conductor


14 November

R Strauss „Zueignung“ Op 10 No 1, „Allerseelen“ Op 10 No 8, „Winternacht“ Op 15 No 2, „Wozu noch, Mädchen“ Op 19 No 1, „Breit über mein Haupt“ Op 19 No 2, „Du meines Herzens Krönelein“ Op 21 No 2, „Ach weh mir, unglückhaftem Mann“
Concert 5 of The 1880s: a Portrait in Song series, Guildhall School of Music and Drama


20 October

Handel Israel in Egypt (first bass)
Brighton Early Music Festival Singers and Players, John Hancorn, conductor


13 October

Bach „Mein Freund ist mein“ (Cantata BWV 140)
Handel ‘The trumpet shall sound’ (Messiah)
BBC Radio 3 Early Music Show live recording, Brighton Early Music Festival


8 September

Handel Messiah
Wokingham Choral Society, Alexander Chaplin, conductor


20 August

Dvořák Te Deum
University of Melbourne Orchestra, Benjamin Northey, conductor


15 August

R Strauss „Zueignung“ Op 10 No 1, „Die Nacht“ Op 10 No 3, „Allerseelen“ Op 10 No 8
Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel
Melba Conservatorium of Music Ruskin Hall Concert Series, Calvin Bowman, piano


13, 14, 17, 18, 20, 21 July

Cavalli La Calisto (Silvano)
Iford Arts Festival, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, musical director


11 July

Poulenc ‘La grenouillère’, ‘Carte-postale’, ‘Avant le cinéma’, ‘Rosemonde’, ‘Nuage’, ‘Chanson à boire’ (Chansons gaillardes), ‘Dernier poème’
Ravel Don Quichotte à Dulcinée
City of London Festival, Lara Dodds-Eden, piano


6-13 June

R Strauss Capriccio (Vierter Diener)
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Clive Timms, conductor


19 May

Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
Charlton Kings Choral Society, John Wright, conductor


12 May

Mendelssohn St Paul (St Paul)
Lymington Choral Society, Michael Goldthorpe, conductor


10 May

Timossi Five songs on texts by Shakespeare
Alessandro Timossi, piano, St Marthakirche, Nürnberg, Germany


28 April

Rossini Stabat Mater
Beccles Choral Society, Vetta Wise, conductor


21 April

Haydn Creation (Raphael and Adam)
Hitchin Thespians, Alan Childs, conductor


31 March

Haydn Creation (Raphael and Adam)
East Surrey Choral Society, Ian Kennedy, conductor


24 March

Bach St John Passion (Jesus and bass soloist)
The Academy Choir and Baroque Players, Andrew Edwards, conductor


22 March

Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn excerpts
‘Guildhall Artists at the Barbican’ series, Lara Dodds-Eden, piano


18 January

Verdi Aida Act 2 Scene 2 (Amonasro)
Orchestra of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Paolo Olmi, conductor.
Performance in Rieti, Italy.


2006

9 December

Handel Messiah
The Academy Choir and Baroque Players, Andrew Edwards, conductor


1 December

Handel Messiah
Choir and Orchestra of Hambleden Parish Church, Christine Wells, conductor


17 November

Wagner ‘Les deux grenadiers’, Schumann „Die feindlichen Brüder“, „Tragödie“, „Es leuchtet meine Liebe“, „Mein Wagen rollet langsam“
Aus meinem großen Schmerzen mach’ ich die kleinen Lieder
Devised and presented by Graham Johnson


22 October

Handel Messiah
Bloomsbury Festival, Ronald Corp, conductor


20 May

CPE Bach Magnificat Wq 215, Pergolesi Magnificat
Melbourne University Choral Society, Andrew Wailes, conductor


13 May

Bach St Matthew Passion (Jesus and bass soloist)
Geelong Chorale, Geelong Youth Choir, Rick Prakhoff, conductor


23 April

Herzogenberg Die Passion (Jesus)
Kevin March Songs from the Book of Hours
Astra Chamber Music Society, John McCaughey, conductor


17 April

Handel Messiah
Box Hill Chorale, Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Wailes, conductor


12, 14 April

Stainer Crucifixion
Victoria Chorale, Val Pyers, conductor


7 April

Bach St Matthew Passion (bass soloist)
Melbourne Bach Choir, Australian Children's Choir, Rick Prakhoff, conductor


25,26, 28, 30 March, 1 April

Salieri Falstaff (Falstaff)
Opera Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand), Southern Sinfonia
Holly Mathieson, conductor, Jacqueline Coats, director


2005



18 December

Handel Messiah
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Andrew Wailes, conductor


18 December

Wagner „O! du mein holder Abendstern“ (Tannhäuser), Handel ‘The trumpet shall sound’ (Messiah)
‘Wheelchairs for Kids’ Christmas Concert, St Michael's Uniting Church, Melbourne


28 August

Butterworth ‘Loveliest of trees’ (Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad')
Mozart ‘Non più andrai’ (Le Nozze di Figaro), Bach „Mache dich, mein Herze, rein“ (Matthäus-Passion)
St Michael's Uniting Church, Melbourne, Calvin Bowman, piano


24 July

Mendelssohn Elijah (Elijah)
Maroondah Symphony Orchestra, Willem van der Vis, conductor


10, 14, 15 July

Mozart Don Giovanni (Masetto)
Melbourne Opera Company, Hugh Halliday, director, Greg Hocking and Ben Hudson, conductors


7 July

Christopher Willcock Anastasis (world première)
Australian Catholic University Choir, Andrew Wailes, conductor


19 June

Bach Magnificat
Essendon Choral Society, Greg Hocking, conductor


29 May

Charpentier Te Deum
Gounod Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile
Box Hill Chorale, Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Wailes, conductor


24 April

Butterworth Six Songs from ‘A Shropshire Lad’
Australian National Academy of Music Autumn Music Festival, David McSkimming, piano


10, 16, 18, 20 March

Mozart Coronation Mass, Britten Rejoice in the Lamb
Melbourne Chorale, Jonathan Grieves-Smith, conductor


5 February

Kodály Missa Brevis
Invervarsity Choral Festival, Jonathan Grieves-Smith, conductor


2004



19 December

Handel Messiah
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Andrew Wailes, conductor


12 December

Handel Messiah
Essendon Choral Society, Greg Hocking, conductor


10 December

Berlioz L'Enfance du Christ (Hérode and Père de famille)
Newman College Choir


13, 15 October

Tavener The World is Burning (Christ)
Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne Chorale, Dr Neil McEwan, conductor


25, 30 September, 3 October

Mozart Così fan tutte (Guglielmo)
Melbourne Opera Company, Hugh Halliday, director, Greg Hocking, conductor


12 September

Haydn Nelson Mass
Essendon Choral Society, Haydn Chamber Orchestra, Greg Hocking, conductor


14 August

A Night at the Opera
Lyric Opera of Melbourne, Australian Classical Players
Nicholas Cowall, conductor, Dean Sky-Lucas, accompanist


1 August

Bach Cantata BWV 129
Victorian College of the Arts Choir and Orchestra, Marco van Pagee, conductor


2, 22 May

Haydn Creation (Raphael and Adam)
Box Hill Chorale, Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Wailes, conductor


19 March, 3 April

Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro (Count Almaviva)
In Good Company, Hugh Halliday, director, Ben Hudson, conductor


2003



14 December

Handel Messiah
Essendon Choral Society, Greg Hocking, conductor


30 November

Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
Preston Symphony Orchestra, Chris Kopke, conductor


6-16 November

Mozart The Magic Flute (Papageno, Second Priest)
Melbourne Opera Company, Warwick Stengårds, conductor, Caroline Stacey, director


21 June

Rossini Petite messe solennelle
Ensemble e21, Stephen Grant, conductor


16 March

Haydn Nelson Mass
Melbourne Chorale, Academy of Melbourne, Jonathan Grieves-Smith, conductor


2000



October

Koukias Pentekostarion
IHOS Opera, Constantine Koukias, conductor