New Season Ahead

This coming season seems to be dominated by performances of Bach and Handel. (No surprise there!). JS Bach’s B minor Mass will be performed at La Chaise Dieu Festival with John Butt and the Dunedin Consort on August 23rd, on November 1st in Dublin with the Irish Baroque Orchestra with Peter Whelan, and in December I will be with Richard Egarr and the Netherlands Bach Society performing throughout Holland, Naarden on December 11, 16 and 19th, Utrecht (12) Zwolle (14), Amsterdam (17), Den Haag (18), Tilburg (19) and Haarlem  (21). So, this music, already in my bones, will be a joy to perform, and all with the finest players in Europe.

On top of these trips I’ll be rehearsing and performing Handel’s Susannah with Opera North and the Phoenix Dance Company, with performances in Leeds, Newcastle, Nottingham and Salford in October and November. It is a new production and I’m really looking forward to seeing how director Olivia Fuchs and conductor Johanna Soller shape this rarely performed piece.

Later in the season I’ll be returning to perform the role of Claudio in Handel’s Agrippina. This time in the wonderful production by Robert Carsen, conducted by David Bates, in Rouen, France.  I will also be performing Purcell’s Fairy Queen in London and Switzerland with Paul McCreesh in November.

I’m also really looking forward to singing with Hans Christoph Rademann and his fabulous BachAcademi Stuttgart in February 2026 singing MacMillan and Purcell.

Passion season will be very busy with highlights including a couple of Matthew Passions with Klaus Makela and his wondrous Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam and Baden Baden.