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 MARK CHAUNDY
Tenor
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"Mark Chaundy ... sang with a gorgeous, wan sensitivity as Pedrolino and brought striking pathos to the later stages" - Opera
"Mark Chaundy's doubling of Apollo and Aegeus was accomplished and stylish" - Opera
Mark studied with Neil Mackie and Ryland Davies at the Royal College of Music; he now studies with Joy Mammen and Dennis O'Neill. He has been supported by The Countess of Munster and The Arts Council of Wales, Susan Chilcott Scholarship, Samling Scholarship, and Tanglewood fellowship. He reached the finals of the Young Welsh Singers Competition twice and has won the National Federation of Music Societies Award.
Concert collaborations include appearances with Peter Schreier, David Wilson-Johnson, Cleo Laine, the London Mozart Players, the CBSO and Northern Sinfonia. Concert repertoire includes Haydn The Seasons, Janacek Otcenas, Handel Samson, Rossini Stabat Mater and Petite Messe Solennelle, Kodaly Psalmus Hungaricus and Tippett The Tempest Suite.
Operatic roles include Bajazet in Handel Tamerlano (Cambridge Handel Opera Group), and 1st Trojan Man Idomeneo and Giuseppe La traviata (Glyndebourne on Tour). As Associate Artist with Welsh National Opera he understudied the roles of Lenski Eugene Onegin, Duke Rigoletto, Kudrjas Kát'a Kabanová, Don Ottavio Don Giovanni and Giove in Monteverdi Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, and sang Roderigo Otello in the WNO Millenium opening gala conducted by Carlo Rizzi.
Recent and future highlights include Brubeck La Fiesta de la Posada (Barbican), Alvarez in Offenbach Barbe-Bleue and Courier La fanciulla del West (Grange Park Opera), Egeo in Cavalli Giasone (Early Opera Company), Pedrolino in Mozart Jewel Box and Romeo in Benda Romeo and Juliet (Bampton Classical Opera), Kudrjash (cover) Kát'a Kabanová (Opera North), Don José Carmen (Opera Project) and Berlioz Te Deum (Birmingham Symphony Hall).
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