Thomas Randle, Esq's Biography

Thomas Randle, Esq's Professional Career

Career

tenor; solo concert debut Bach Weinachtsoratorium (Leipzig Rundfunksinfonie) 1987, operatic debut as Tamino in The Magic Flute (ENO) 1988, Molgui in The Death of Klinghoffer (feature film, Channel 4); Performances incl: Tippett Songs for Dov (LA Philharmonic) 1985, Rossini Stabat Mater (London Philharmonic) 1988, Tamino in the Magic Flute (ENO 1988, 1989 and 1990, Glyndebourne Opera 1991), Handel Messiah (Royal Philharmonic) 1989, 1990 and 1991, Borodin La Mer (LSO) 1989, Haydn Die Jahreszeiten (Boston Symphony Orch) 1989, Beethoven Ninth Symphony (Scottish Chamber Orch 1989, Bergen Philharmonic Orch 1991, Prague Spring Festival 1996), Pelleas in Pelleas et Melisande (ENO) 1989, title role in Oedipus Rex (Madrid Opera) 1989, title role in L'Orfeo (Valencia 1989, Oviedo Opera Festival 1990), Haydn Die Schöpfung (Tivoli Festival Copenhagen 1990), Liszt Faust Symphony (BBC Scottish Symphony Orch (1990), Tippett The Ice Break (London Sinfonietta) Proms 1990, Ferrando in Cosi fan Tutte (Scottish Opera and Brussels Opera 1990, Geneva Opera 1992), Purcell Fairy Queen (Aix-en-Provence) 1989, Mozart Requiem (Acad of London) 1991, Paul McCartney Liverpool Oratorio 1992 (Ravinia Festival Chicago Aug, Helsinki Festival Finland Sept, Munich Symphony Orch Oct), Ferrando in Cosi fan Tutte (Geneva Opera) 1992, Pelleas in Pelleas et Melisande (with Peter Brook) Theatre Les Bouffes du Nord Paris (and Euro tour) 1992/93, Mozart Die Zauberflöte (Schleswig-Holstein Festival Hamburg 1993/94, Deutsche Oper Berlin 1996), Magic Flute (Auckland Opera NZ) 1993/94, Britten Gloriana, Earl of Essex (Opera North and Royal Opera House Covent Garden) 1993/94, Peter Schat World Premiere Opera Symposion (Netherlands Opera) 1993/94, Haydn L'Incontro Improviso (Garsington Opera Festival) 1993/94, Taverners' Apocalypse (world premiere, London Proms) 1993/94, Mozart Don Giovanni (Los Angeles Music Center Opera 1993/94, Munich Staatsoper 1995), Achilles in King Priam (ENO) 1995, Tippett The Mask of Time (LSO under Sir Colin Davis) 1995, Mendelssohn Elijah (Radio Orch France under Richard Hickox) 1995, Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola (Garsington Opera) 1995, Britten War Requiem (with BBC Scottish Symphony under Martyn Brabbins) 1995, title role in Handel Samson (with The Sixteen under Harry Christophers, Spanish tour) 1995, Mozart Requiem and Nono Canti di Vita e d'amore (concert tour with Bundesjugendorchester for Int Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War on 50th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing) 1995, Requiem der Versöhnung/Requiem of Reconciliation (world premiere with Israel Philharmonic under Helmuth Rilling) 1995, Mahler Das Klagende Lied (BBC Symphony under Alexander Lazarev, BBC Proms) 1995, Oberon in The Fairy Queen (ENO new prodn) 1995/96, Paris in La Belle Hélène (ENO new prodn) 1995/96, Gerald in Lakmé (Victoria State Opera Australia) 1996, title role in Idomeneo (Scottish Opera) 1996, The Country of the Blind (by Mark-Anthony Turnage, ENO/Aldeburgh Festival) 1997, Paul Bunyan (by Britten, Royal Opera House debut) 1997, title role in Solimano (by Hasse, Innstruck Festival and Deutsche Oper Berlin) 1997, Poisoned Kiss and A Cotswold Romance (concerts with LSO, under Richard Hickox, by R Vaughan-Williams) 1997, Tom Rakewell in The Rake's Progress (by Stravinsky, Netherlands Opera and Lausanne Opera) 1998-99, Gloriana (by Britten, BBC TV and Opera North) 1999, title role in Lucío Sílla (Garsington Opera) 1998, Gawain (by Harrison Birtwhistle, ROH) 2000, The Last Supper (by Harrison Birtwhistle, world premiere, Statsoper Berlin with Daniel Barenboím) 2000, Tom Rakewell in Rake's Progress (Theâtre Champs Elysèes) 2000/01, Loge in Das Rheingold (ENO) 2002, Benedict in Beatrice et Benedict (WNO) 2002, Bajazet in Tamerlano (Paris, London and Halle) 2002, Der Maler in Lulu (Netherlands Opera) 2002, Das Lied von der Erde (with Royal Opera Orch Covent Garden) 2002; Recordings incl: set of a cappella choral settings of sacred texts (Pater Noster, Stabat Mater, Vinea Mea, Electa, Benediction Amen, Ave Maria, Ave Verum Corpus) 1981-83, Purcell Fairy Queen (with Les Arts Florrissante under William Christie, from the Aix-en-Provence Festival) 1989, Tippett The Ice Break (with London Sinfonietta under David Atherton) 1990, complete Handel Messiah (with RPO under Owain Arwel Hughes), Handel Esther (with The Sixteen under Harry Christophers) 1995, Britten War Requiem (with BBC Scottish Symphony under Martyn Brabbins) 1995, Non Canti di Vita e d'amore (with Bamberg Symphony under Ingo Metzmacher) 1995, Handel Samson (with Harry Christopher and The Sixteen), A Cotswold Romance (with LSO, under Richard Hickox) 1997, Handel Tamerlano (with Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert) 2001; Compositions The Sculptor (opera), Los Nacimientos (song cycle for soprano and piano), Epitaph (song cycle for baritone and chamber orch); Film Molqi in The Death of Klinghoffer 2003, The Magic Flute 2006

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