Robin Blaze
Robin Blaze is a countertenor.
The son of a professional golfer Pete… Read Full Bio ↴Robin Blaze is a countertenor.
The son of a professional golfer Peter, Robin Blaze grew up in Shadwell, near 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 with Stephen Lomas, 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.
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
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.
He has made over 50 solo recordings, including the complete Bach series for Masaaki Suzuki for BIS, and a series of song recitals with Elizabeth Kenny for Hyperion. His C.D. of Handel duets with Carolyn Sampson was nominated for a Gramophone Award, and his recording of Thomas Ades' "Lover in Winter" won the Gramophone contemporary music recording prize. Other award winning recordings include Byrd consort songs with Concordia and Handel's "Choice of Hercules" with The King's Consort, both for Hyperion Records.
He has also studied flute, piano, and organ.
The son of a professional golfer Pete… Read Full Bio ↴Robin Blaze is a countertenor.
The son of a professional golfer Peter, Robin Blaze grew up in Shadwell, near 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 with Stephen Lomas, 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.
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
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.
He has made over 50 solo recordings, including the complete Bach series for Masaaki Suzuki for BIS, and a series of song recitals with Elizabeth Kenny for Hyperion. His C.D. of Handel duets with Carolyn Sampson was nominated for a Gramophone Award, and his recording of Thomas Ades' "Lover in Winter" won the Gramophone contemporary music recording prize. Other award winning recordings include Byrd consort songs with Concordia and Handel's "Choice of Hercules" with The King's Consort, both for Hyperion Records.
He has also studied flute, piano, and organ.
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02Vergnugte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170: Aria: Wie jammern mich doch die verkehrten Herzen (Alto)Robin BlazeRobin Blaze
03Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42: Aria: Wo zwei und drei versammlet sind (Alto)Robin BlazeRobin Blaze
05Cantata, BWV 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", Part 1: III. Aria (Alto): Schäme dich, o Seele, nichtRobin BlazeRobin Blaze
06Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35: Part I: Aria: Gott hat alles wohlgemacht (Alto)Robin BlazeRobin Blaze
07Cantata, BWV 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", Part 2: VIII. Recitative (Alto): Der höchsten AllmachtRobin BlazeRobin Blaze
08Gott soll allein mein Herze haben, BWV 169: Arioso: Gott soll allein mein Herze haben (Alto)Robin BlazeRobin Blaze
09Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35: Part II: Aria: Ich wunsche nur bei Gott zu leben (Alto)Robin BlazeRobin Blaze
10Gott soll allein mein Herze haben, BWV 169: Aria: Gott soll allein mein Herze haben (Alto)Robin BlazeRobin Blaze
16Meine Seufzer, meine Tranen, BWV 13: Aria: Meine Seufzer, meine Tranen (Tenor)Robin BlazeRobin Blaze
17Meine Seufzer, meine Tranen, BWV 13: Chorale: Der Gott, der mir hat versprochen (Alto)Robin BlazeRobin Blaze
18Meine Seufzer, meine Tranen, BWV 13: Recitative: Mein liebster Gott lasst mich annoch (Alto)Robin BlazeRobin Blaze
19Meine Seufzer, meine Tranen, BWV 13: Recitative: Mein Kummer nimmet zu (Soprano)Robin BlazeRobin Blaze
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