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Robin Blaze
12+ albums
countertenorClassicalvocalbaroquecontemporary classical
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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 Ch
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5912Vergnugte Ruh! beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170: Aria: Wie jammern mich doch die verkehrten Herzen (Alto)
2063Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42: Aria: Wo zwei und drei versammlet sind (Alto)
1714Gott soll allein mein Herze haben, BWV 169: Aria: Stirb in mir Welt (Alto)
1455Cantata, BWV 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", Part 1: III. Aria (Alto): Schäme dich, o Seele, nicht
1366Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35: Part I: Aria: Gott hat alles wohlgemacht (Alto)
1307Cantata, BWV 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", Part 2: VIII. Recitative (Alto): Der höchsten Allmacht
1268Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35: Part II: Aria: Ich wunsche nur bei Gott zu leben (Alto)
1129Gott soll allein mein Herze haben, BWV 169: Arioso: Gott soll allein mein Herze haben (Alto)
11210Gott soll allein mein Herze haben, BWV 169: Aria: Gott soll allein mein Herze haben (Alto)
98albums
BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 37 (BWV 35, 169, 170, 200)
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The Quiet Room, Vol. 1
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The 99 Most Essential Bach Masterpieces (Full Works Edition)
Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 42 - Bwv 13, 16, 32, 72
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George Frideric Handel: Duets From The Great English Oratorios
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BACH, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 17 (BWV 73, 144, 153-154, 181)
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Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 47
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 36 (BWV 6, 42, 103, 108)
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Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 49
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Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 46
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Bach, J.S.: Easter Oratorio; Magnificat
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100 Best Film Classics