From oratorio to contemporary

Robert has performed in a huge variety of modern and contemporary works, both concert pieces and operas, in many cases creating roles from scratch. But he is also much in demand as a solo recitalist and as a soloist in choral works.

Modern and contemporary works performed:

George Benjamin, Sometime Voices, Cleobury/CUMS

Benjamin Britten, Vicar, Albert Herring, Opera East Productions

Paul Clark, The Priest (created role), Arcane, Opera Circus

Jacques Cohen, Passion Fragment, Lloyds Choir/Cohen

Peter Maxwell Davies, Eight Songs for a Mad King, South Bank Centre

Peter Maxwell Davies, Second baritone (Tempter), The Martyrdom of St Magnus, The Opera Group

Ed Hughes, Vulture/Herakles (created role), The Birds, The Opera Group

György Ligeti, Aventures and Nouvelles Aventures, RAM/Bonn Chance Festival

Nigel Osborne, Hasan (created role), Differences in Demolitions, Opera Circus

Richard Rijnvos, mappamondo, Asko Ensemble/Huddersfield CMF

Arnold Schoenberg, A Survivor from Warsaw, King’s College, Cambridge

Dimitri Shostakovich, Symphony no. 14, Nicholas Daniel/CUCO

Christopher Steel, Passion and Resurrection, Cheltenham Bach Choir/Jackson

Graham Treacher, created title role, Darwin’s Dream, Royal Albert Hall

Kurt Weill, Das Berliner Requiem, Adès/BCMG