Robin Blaze
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Robin Blaze is a countertenor.
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[edit] Childhood and education
The son of a professional golfer, Robin Blaze grew up in Shadwell, Leeds and was educated at Leeds Grammar School, Uppingham School, and the University of Oxford (BA Music).
Having made his first solo recordings as a treble, Blaze was both a chorister and an academical clerk at Magdalen College and after graduating won a scholarship for postgraduate studies at the Royal College of Music. He has continued to study with Michael Chance and Ashley Stafford and he is now a professor of Vocal Studies at the Royal College.
[edit] Opera
His opera roles have included:
- Anfinomo in Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (Teatro Sao Carlos, Lisbon)
- Narciso in Handel's Agrippina (Karlsruhe)
- Unulfo in Handel's Rodelinda (Broomhill Opera Festival, produced by Jonathan Miller)
- Athamas in Handel's Semele (Royal Opera House and English National Opera, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras AC CH CBE)
- Didymus in Handel's Theodora (Glyndebourne Festival Opera)
- Arsamenes in Handel's Xerxes (English National Opera)
- Hamor in Handel's Jephtha (English National Opera)
- Bertarido in Handel's Rodelinda (Glyndebourne Touring Opera and Göttingen Handel Festival)
- Rinaldo in Handel's Rinaldo (Göttingen Handel Festival)
- Oberon in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream (English National Opera)
- Rupert Brooke in Geraint Lewis's A Shining Piece
[edit] Other performances
Blaze has performed with conductors including Harry Christophers, Stephen Cleobury, John Eliot Gardiner, Philippe Herreweghe, Richard Hickox, David Hill, Christopher Hogwood, René Jacobs, Robert King, Ton Koopman, Nicholas Kraemer, Gustav Leonhardt, Paul McCreesh, Nicholas McGegan, Trevor Pinnock, and Masaaki Suzuki.
He has appeared with ensembles including the Academy of Ancient Music, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Bach Collegium Japan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, La Chapelle Royale, City of London Sinfonia, Collegium Musicum 90, Collegium Vocale, The English Concert, Fretwork, Gabrieli Consort, Hallé Orchestra, Hanover Band, Israel Chamber Orchestra, King's Consort, Manchester Camerata, National Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Northern Sinfonia, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Palladian Ensemble, The Parley of Instruments, Philadelphia Orchestra, Royal Flanders Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, RIAS Kammerchor, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, The Sixteen, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, and Winchester Cathedral Choir.
He works regularly with pianist Graham Johnson and lutenist Elizabeth Kenny.
[edit] Other information
He has also studied flute, pianoforte, and organ. His recreations include golf. As a boy he played Dungeons & Dragons.
[edit] Sources and further information
- Caroline Phillips Management
- Hyperion Records
- Bach Cantatas
- A Countertenor Virtuoso, interview with Roderic Dunnett (26 December 2001)
- Boy Soloist
- Goldberg: the early music portal
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