Biography - René Bloice-Sanders
René’s vocal training began as a treble in Canterbury Cathedral Choir and he has never looked back, becoming a member of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain shortly after his voice broke. He graduated from The University of Nottingham with a BA (Hons) in 2010, where he performed regularly with a number of choirs in the East Midlands and as a member the University Opera Society.
In September 2011 René began a postgraduate in Vocal Performance at the Royal Academy of Music and studied under the tutelage of Ryland Davies and the in-demand vocal coach Audrey Hyland. He was awarded the Nora Carstairs Bland Award 2012/2013 and graduated with distinction in June 2013. Now working professionally in London and around the UK, René studies with David Barrell.
On the opera stage René has performed the roles of Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Marcello (La Boheme), Belcore (L’elisir d’amore), Morales/Dancairo (Carmen), Marco (Gianni Schicchi), Salieri (Mozart and Salieri), Orfeo (L’Orfeo), Malatesta (Don Pasquale), Baron Duphol (La Traviata), Taddeo (L’Italiana in Algeri) and Guglielmo and Don Alfonso (Cosi Fan Tutte) and his concert work has included Bach’s Johannes and Matthaus Passion, Bach’s B Minor Mass, Brahms’ A German Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Monteverdi’s Vespers, Mozart’s Requiem, Duruflé's Requiem and Stainer’s The Crucifixion. Whilst he enjoys these oratorio settings he also has a passion for song cycles, of which he has performed Beethoven's An Die Ferne Geliebte, Butterworth's A Shropshire Lad and Vaughan-Williams' Songs of Travel.
Upcoming performances include Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music and Faure Requiem and the role of Jim Larkens with Wexford Festival Opera in their production of La fanciulla del west.
In September 2011 René began a postgraduate in Vocal Performance at the Royal Academy of Music and studied under the tutelage of Ryland Davies and the in-demand vocal coach Audrey Hyland. He was awarded the Nora Carstairs Bland Award 2012/2013 and graduated with distinction in June 2013. Now working professionally in London and around the UK, René studies with David Barrell.
On the opera stage René has performed the roles of Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Marcello (La Boheme), Belcore (L’elisir d’amore), Morales/Dancairo (Carmen), Marco (Gianni Schicchi), Salieri (Mozart and Salieri), Orfeo (L’Orfeo), Malatesta (Don Pasquale), Baron Duphol (La Traviata), Taddeo (L’Italiana in Algeri) and Guglielmo and Don Alfonso (Cosi Fan Tutte) and his concert work has included Bach’s Johannes and Matthaus Passion, Bach’s B Minor Mass, Brahms’ A German Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Monteverdi’s Vespers, Mozart’s Requiem, Duruflé's Requiem and Stainer’s The Crucifixion. Whilst he enjoys these oratorio settings he also has a passion for song cycles, of which he has performed Beethoven's An Die Ferne Geliebte, Butterworth's A Shropshire Lad and Vaughan-Williams' Songs of Travel.
Upcoming performances include Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music and Faure Requiem and the role of Jim Larkens with Wexford Festival Opera in their production of La fanciulla del west.