Soloists
Paul Agnew
TENOR
In continuous demand as an interpreter of the Baroque and Pre-classical repertoire, tenor Paul Agnew recently appeared in Lully’s Atys at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York, The Turn of the Screw at Opéra de Rennes, Bach’s St. John Passion with Le Grande Ecurie, and Bach’s St. Matthew Passion (both the arias and Evangelist) with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. He conducted Handel’s La Resurrezione at the Atelier of the Opéra de Paris and made his conducting debut with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in their annual Messiah. He last appeared with Music of the Baroque in December 2010 as the Evangelist in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio.
At the forefront of the revival of the French Baroque repertoire, Paul Agnew made his debut at the Palais Garnier in the title role of Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie, and has returned to Opéra National de Paris for new productions of Rameau's Platée, Les Boréades, and Les Indes galantes. His repertoire includes Mozart’s Idomeneo under William Christie, Peter Quint in Opéra National de Bordeaux’s production of Britten’s The Turn of the Screw under Jane Glover, Haydn’s L’anima del filosofo with Kammerorchesterbasel, and Handel’s Jephtha at Det Kongelige Theater, Copenhagen. He made his debut with Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in a new production of Acis and Galatea.
On the international concert stage, Paul Agnew has performed with the Berliner Philharmoniker, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and the Gabrieli Consort and Players. He appears regularly at the BBC Proms and the Edinburgh and Lufthansa Festivals.
Paul Agnew’s extensive discography includes Beethoven’s Lieder for Naïve, Sally Beamish’s In Dreaming for Virgin Classics, L’Enfance du Christ for Harmonia Mundi, Monteverdi’s Vespers, Charpentier’s La Descente Orphée aux enfers, and Rameau’s grands motets with Les Arts Florissants, all for Erato, and most recently, Rameau’s Dardanus for ABC. His performances in Les Boréades and Les Indes galantes have been released on DVD by Opus Arte and his performance in Platée is available on TDK.
