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Counter-tenor Tim Mead is praised for his elegant and warm tone with faultless projection and stylish interpretations. His virtuosic performances have drawn much international attention, and he is recognised as one of the finest across the generations of counter-tenors.

Engagements in 2015/16 include Oberon in Britten's *A Midsummer Night’s Dream* at Glyndebourne Festival Opera and at Bergen National Opera; Angel 1/Boy in the highly-anticipated U.S. stage premiere of George Benjamin’s *Written on Skin* at Lincoln Center, followed by an European tour of the work with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Arsamene in Cavalli *Xerse* with Le Concert d’Astrée at Opéra de Lille, Theater an der Wien, and Theatre de Caen. In May 2016, Mead will sing the leading role in Theater Basel’s new ‘Melancholia’ programme. Mead will also return to the New York Philharmonic for five performances of *Messiah*, tour Spain with the Gabrieli Consort, and sing Bach B Minor Mass with Les Arts Florissants and William Christie in France and Spain.

Last season’s highlights included the world premiere of Theo Loevendie’s *Spinoza* at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Bach B Minor Mass with the English Concert, *Messiah* with the Handel & Haydn Society and the Academy of Ancient Music, a solo recital in Rome, the title role in Philip Glass’s *Akhnaten* at Opera Vlaanderen, and the title role *Riccardo Primo* at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis to critical acclaim.

Recent operatic highlights include Goffredo and Eustazio *Rinaldo* at Glyndebourne, Endimione *La Calisto* at Bayerische Staatsoper, Voice of Apollo in Deborah Warner’s production of *Death in Venice* at English National Opera and De Nederlandse Opera, Angel 1/Boy in George Benjamin’s *Written on Skin* at Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse and at the Gulbenkian Lisbon and Tolomeo *Julius Caesar* at English National Opera. Other operatic highlights include Ottone *L’incoronazione di Poppea* at ENO, Opéra de Lyon, Opéra de Lille, Opéra de Dijon and Den Norske Opera, title role *Giulio Cesare* at Glyndebourne, title role *Orlando* at Scottish Opera and Chicago Opera Theater, Clearte Niobe and the world premiere of Harrison Birtwistle’s *The Minotaur* for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, title role *Admeto* at International Händel Festspiele Göttingen and the Edinburgh International Festival, Ottone *Agrippina* in Lille and Dijon, Tolomeo *Giulio Cesare* at Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Paggio *Ercole Amante* at De Nederlandse Opera and in concert the title role in Gluck’s *Orfeo ed Euridice* with the Akademie für Alte Musik, Andronico Tamerlano with Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, *Rinaldo* with Bach Collegium Japan and Bertarido *Rodelinda* with Mercury Baroque.

On the concert platform Tim Mead has sung *Messiah* with the New York Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Le Concert d’Astree, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Accademia Bizantina and Concerto Köln, Bach *Christmas Oratorio* with Les Arts Florissants, Bach *Magnificat* with Le Concert d’Astree, Bach *St Matthew Passion* with London Handel Festival and De Nederlandse Bachvereniging, Handel *Theodora* with the English Concert, Handel *Solomon* with Akademie für Alte Musik, Handel *Judas Maccabaeus* with the OAE, Handel *Saul* with the Dresdner Barockorchester, Handel *Joseph and his Brethren* at the International Händel Festspiele Göttingen, Handel *Susanna* with the Early Opera Company, Handel *Esther* with the Dunedin Consort and Dusapin La Melancholia with the SWR Sinfonieorchester. He has worked with such leading conductors as Alan Gilbert, Ivor Bolton, William Christie, Laurence Cummings, Christian Curnyn, Alan Curtis, Ottavio Dantone, Paul Goodwin, Emmanuelle Haïm, Vladimir Jurowski, Nicholas McGegan, Marc Minkowski and Masaaki Suzuki.

Mead’s already substantial discography includes Bach *St Matthew Passion* and B Minor Mass, the Handel oratorios *Messiah, Saul, Solomon, Israel in Egypt*, and *The Triumph of Time and Truth*, the Handel operas *Admeto, Flavio, Riccardo Primo* and *Rinaldo*, and Monteverdi *L’incoronazione di Poppea*. He has recorded for EMI Classics, Harmonia Mundi, Opus Arte, Chandos, Linn Records amongst others.

Mead read Music as a choral scholar at King’s College, Cambridge, before winning a number of scholarships to continue his vocal studies at the Royal College of Music.
