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date = "2017-03-16T11:24:00+00:00"
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title = "Rupert Charlesworth"
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Rupert,  who  is  praised  for  his ‘stunning  technique  and  musicality’  (Planet  Hugill),  enjoys  a  busy career at the opera theatre and on stage. His 16/17 highlights include; the release and European tour of a disc of never before recorded works of CPE Bach with Café Zimmermann; a festival d’Aix en Provence production of *A Midsummer Night’s Dream* at the Beijing Music Festival; *Fairy Queen* at Theater an der Wien; George Benjamin’s *Written on  Skin* at the Bolshoi Theatre; the Funeral Director in Bernstein’s *A Quiet Place* with the  Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal; *Messiah* conducted by Hervé Niquet with Le Concert Spirituel; *Brockes Passion* at the Handel Festival in Gottingen and a recital at the Philharmonie de Paris again with festival d’Aix-en Provence. Rupert’s operatic roles include Lysander *A Midsummer Night’s Dream* in Aix, Damon *Acis and Galatea* and Younger Son in *Trauernacht* – Katie Mitchell’s staging of Bach cantatas – all for the Aix-en-Provence  Festival; Lucano and Soldier 1 *L’Incoronazione di Poppea*  at  Theater  an  der Wien;  First  Armed  Man  *Die  Zauberflöte* –  for  ENO.  In  concert  he  has  appeared  as  Narrator  *Il Combattimento  di  Tancredi  e  Clorinda*  with  the  Orquestra  Barroca  Casa  da  Musica,  Porto  / Laurence  Cummings  and  Angel  3  and  John  in  George  Benjamin’s  *Written  on  Skin*  with  the Gulbenkian  Foundation  Orchestra.  College  roles  included  Tamino  *Die  Zaubderflöte*  and  Count Enrico *La Vera Costanza* under Trevor Pinnock. Other  previous  engagements  include;  Soldier  *Der  Kaiser  von Atlantis*  for  English  Touring  Opera and   Hermit   Wakening   Shadow –   Luke   Styles’   realisation   of   Britten   canticles –   for   the Glyndebourne  Jerwood  Programme  under  Vladimir  Jurowki;  the  première  of  Joanna  Lee’s  *The Way Back Home* for English National Opera. On the concert platform Rupert has worked with many highly regarded conductors and orchestras including;  Les  Musiciens  du  Louvre  /  Marc  Minkowski;  Nicholas Kraemer;  Laurence  Cummings; Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Tonu Kaljuste; Ensemble Café Zimmermann; Capella Amsterdam / Daniel  Reuss;  Ensemble  Matheus  /   Jean-Christophe  Spinosi;  Accademia  Bizantina  /  Ottavio Dantone. Rupert  Charlesworth  read  Music  at  King’s  College  London  and  currently  studies  with  Philip Doghan.  He  trained  at  the  Royal  Academy  of  Music  where  he  was  generously  supported  by  the Karaviotis  Scholarship,  the  John  Kenneth  Adams  Scholarship,  the  Josephine  Baker  Trust,  the Countess  of  Munster  Trust  and  Mr  and  Mrs  Sommerville.  Rupert  Charlesworth  was  a  2011 Academy Laureate of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and won both the Jury and Audience prizes of  the  2013  Handel  Singing  Competition  which  he  repeated  at  the  2014  International  Singing Competition for Baroque Opera Pietro Antonio Cesti.
