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Biography - Arthur Coomber

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 (Baritone)

Arthur Coomber studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he was awarded the Sidney de Vries Memorial Prize. Following a period with the Opera de Nancy in France, he returned to the UK and has continued to perform with opera companies both here and as far afield as Tokyo and Barbados. Operatic roles have included Verdi’s Macbeth, Don Carlo and Rigoletto; Figaro, Scarpia, Marcello, Sharpless, Escamillo, Enrico, Posa,  Zurga, Dr Bartolo, Don Magnifico, Don Pasquale, Masetto, Schaunard, Alfio, and Eisenstein.  On television he has appeared as Rigoletto in Channel 4’s The Singing Voice, and as Germont Pere in Harry Enfield’s Guide to Opera.

His performances of secular and religious oratorio include Bach - St John Passion, Brahms - Requiem, Mozart – Requiem, Faure - Requiem,  Handel – Messiah, Elgar - The Kingdom, Stravinsky -  Les Noces and Carl Orff – Carmina Burana.
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Currently, he performs regularly with Cameo Opera in and around the southeast of England. He teaches singing privately and in schools and in his spare time, is a potter!

 




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