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Andrew Staples
Born: 19th August 1979, London, England
Nationality: English
Artist's website: http://www.ajrstaples.com/
The English tenor Andrew Staples began singing as a treble at St Paul’s Cathedral, going on to train at King’s College Cambridge and the Royal College of Music. He made his Covent Garden debut in 2006 as Jaquino in Fidelio, and has returned there for roles including Narraboth in Salome, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte and Flamand in Capriccio; he is also particularly acclaimed in English-language roles including Stravinsky’s Tom Rakewell and Britten’s Peter Quint, and on the concert-platform in works such as Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde and the Verdi Requiem.
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Janáček's Katya Kabanova from Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra
23rd Feb 2024
Amanda Majeski is riveting as the doomed heroine grasping for happiness in the face of a loveless marriage (and a monstrous mother-in-law) in provincial Russia, with Rattle expertly balancing the score's elemental power and claustrophobic intensity.
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Arne: Artaxerxes
24th Jan 2011
Ian Page and the Classical Opera Company resurrect the British composer’s ornate depiction of skulduggery in Ancient Persia, premiered in London in 1762, with Christopher Ainslie in the title-role and Elizabeth Watts as his firebrand sister.
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Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50Recommended2 SACDs + Blu-ray Audio: $14.50Download from $20.00
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