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James Cleverton

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Described as “Outstanding, handsome-sounding and wonderfully subtle” (the Guardian), British baritone James Cleverton studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and Opernhaus Zürich International Opera Studio.

This seasons engagements include Horemhab in Philip Glass’ Akhnaten, and the Photographer in the world premiere of Jack the Ripper (ENO), Papageno Die Zauberflöte (Scottish Opera), Barone Douphol La traviata (WNO), and Marco L'Arlesiana (Opera Holland Park). On the concert platform he will perform Carmina Burana with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and a series of Opera Gala Concerts both at the Royal Albert Hall, a Hogmany Gala Concert with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra at the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, and Mozart by Candlelight at the Barbican, London.

Previous seasons’ highlights include Gusmano in Verdi’s rarely performed Alzira (Buxton International Festival); Marcello La bohéme & Sharpless Madam Butterfly (Royal Albert Hall); Kyoto Iris (Opera Holland Park); Papageno Die Zauberflöte (Theater Saint Gallen); Dulcamara L’elisir D’amore (Scottish Opera); Count Asdrubale La Pietra del Paragone (Opernhaus Zürich and Opéra de Rennes); Ford Falstaff (Grange Park Opera); Frank Die Fledermaus (Welsh National Opera); Gregorio Roméo et Juliette (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden); Commercial Councillor Intermezzo (Garsington Opera); the title role in Don Giovanni, Il Conte Le Nozze di Figaro, and Danilo The Merry Widow (National Concert Hall, Dublin); The Pirate King The Pirates of Penzance (D’Oyly Carte); Captain Corcoran HMS Pinafore, Grosvenor Patience and Giuseppe The Gondoliers (International G&S Festival). Other roles include Alberich Der Ring des Nibelungen, Beckmesser Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, and Mountjoy Gloriana.

Cleverton has also performed many leading roles in the contemporary repertoire. Notable engagements include The Protector Written on Skin, and Pablo in Thomas Adès The Exterminating Angel (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden); John Sorel Der Konsul (Opernhaus Zürich); J. Robert Oppenheimer in John Adams’ Doctor Atomic, 1st Officer The Death of Klinghoffer, and Horemhab Akhnaten (English National Opera); the title role in Schweitzer’s Jakob von Gunten (Theater Saint Gallen); White Rabbit in the world première of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Opera Holland Park & Royal Opera House); 2nd Apprentice Wozzeck (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & English National Opera); and Chou En-lai Nixon in China (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra/Irish National Opera). Subsequent roles include Johannes Morgen und Abend, Stern Anna Nicole, Theseus The Minotaur, 'N' in Rhim’s Dionysus, the title role Jakob Lenz, Punch Punch and Judy, Šiškov From the House of the Dead, and the title role Wozzeck  

Equally in demand on the concert platform, Cleverton regularly performs concerts, recitals and oratorios throughout the UK & internationally. Recent and future engagements include baritone soloist for Welsh National Opera Summer Opera Classics Concert Tour; Haydn’s Harmonimesse at Cadogan Hall and Opera Gala concerts at the Royal Albert Hall both with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem and Handel’s Messiah at Symphony Hall with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; A Mozart Opera Gala at the Tonhalle, Zürich with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Dvořák Te Deum at Caird Hall with the Orchestra of Scottish Opera; Last Night of the Easter Proms at the Royal Festvial Hall; and Beethoven 9th Symphony at St. John’s Smith Square. Current recordings include Arrostino in Cellier's The Mountebanks with the BBC Concert Orchestra; Sir John Copeland in Rodgers and Hart's Dearest Enemy, and the White Rabbit in Will Todd's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

English

The Bat

Gabriel von Eisenstein

The Merry Widow

Graf Danilo Danilowitsch

Don Giovanni

The Marriage of Figaro

Il Conte di Almaviva

Intermezzo

Ein Kommerzienrat

Doctor Atomic

J Robert Oppenheimer

Wozzeck

Zweiter Handwerksbursch

Akhnaten

Horemhab

Pagliacci

Silvio

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

White Rabbit

Romeo and Juliet

Grégorio

The Magic Flute

Sprecher

The Girl of the Golden West

Jim Larkens

Falstaff

Ford

La Bohème

Marcello

Madame Butterfly

Sharpless

The Touchstone

Il Conte Asdrubale

Lulu

Der Kammerdiener

Carmen

Escamillo

Jakob von Gunten

Papageno

Don Carlo (Italian version)

Un Araldo reale

Dialogues of the Carmelites

M. Javelinot

Manon Lescaut

Sergente degli arcieri

Nixon in China

Zhou En Lai

Iris

Kyoto

Written on Skin

The Protector

The Exterminating Angel

Pablo

The Elixir of Love

Il dottore Dulcamara

Zazà

Bussy

The Rhinegold

Alberich

Frank

Alzira

Gusmano

La traviata

Il barone Douphol

Schaunard

Jack the Ripper

The Photographer

Lucia of Lammermoor

Lord Enrico Ashton

Giorgio Germont

The Gondoliers

Giuseppe Palmieri

The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirate King

Don Pasquale

Dottor Malatesta

Carmina Burana

Bariton

Messiah HWV 56

Bass

The Girl from Arles

Marco

The Mask of Orpheus

Aristaeus the Man

The Death of Klinghoffer

The First Officer

Satyagraha

Mr. Kallenbach

Werther

Johann

Raising Icarus

Daedalus

Gianni Schicchi

Andrea Chenier

Mathieu

Rigoletto

No role specified

The Knight of the Rose

Vier Lakaien

Bartolo

Figaro

Edgar

Gualtiero

Jenufa

Stárek

The Cloak

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