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Awarded the Erich Vietheer Memorial Award at Glyndebourne in 2003, he went on to appear as Mr Gedge (Albert Herring),
Marcello (La Bohème), Count Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro) and Doctor Falke (Die Fledermaus) on the Festival Tour. Other notable
roles at Glyndebourne include Curio (Julio Cesare), Indian (The Bartered Bride), Guccio (Gianni Schicchi), Shepherd (Pellèas)
and Guide (Carmen). Roles elsewhere include Verrina (Fiesque) in the critically acclaimed British première of Lalo’s
opera at the Bloomsbury Theatre (UCL); Belcore (L’Elisir D’Amore) and Sharpless (Madame Butterfly) for Opera Box;
Greek Captain (Les Troyens) in the Gramophone Award-winning production at the Châtelet Theatre, Paris; Dancaïre (Carmen) and
Jailer (Tosca) for Diva Opera; Pish Tush (The Mikado) for D’Oyly Carte; Escamillo (Carmen) and Count Di Luna (Il Trovatore)
for CMW; Waiter/Footman (Rosenkavalier) at the Spoleto Festival; and Aeneas (Dido and Aeneas) at the Edinburgh Festival. Robert
also sang in the European premieres of Ned Rorem’s Hearing and The Robbers.
Robert has sung under the baton of such distinguished conductors as Simon Rattle, Vladimir Jurowski, Sir John Eliot Gardiner,
Richard Hickox, Emanuelle Haim, Harry Christophers, and Edward Gardner. With a wide concert repertoire, performances include
the Bach B Minor Mass on a European Tour and Handel Dixit Dominus in the United States; Monteverdi Vespers in St Mark’s,
Venice; Handel Messiah in St. David’s Hall, Cardiff; Elgar The Kingdom; Brahms Requiem; Bach St Matthew and St John
Passions; Mozart Mass in C Minor and Requiem; Orff Carmina Burana; Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle; Britten Cantata Misericordia;
Elgar Caractacus and Haydn The Seasons.
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