Last but not least, we are pleased to have ANTHONY CLEVERTON Baritone return and perform at Rosedale! Beware the charming British accent !
British baritone Anthony Cleverton was born in Tunbridge Wells, England.
After early years as a treble, he began studying voice at the age of 17
under the guidance of Ann Lampard, with whom he gained experience in
the oratorio, operatic and recital repertoire. Anthony was then offered a
scholarship place at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
where he studied with Patrick McGuigan. Over the course of his studies
Anthony won the Alexander Young Prize, the Frederic Cox Award for
Singing and the Robin Kay Memorial Prize for Opera Singing, as well as
receiving generous funding from the Peter Moores Foundation.
Now based in Canada, operatic engagements for Mr. Cleverton include
Falke in
Die Fledermaus and
Guglielmo in
Cosi Fan Tutte, both for Opera York.
This charismatic baritone sang the title role of
Don Giovanni for Mid-Wales Opera,
Elder McLean in Floyd’s
Susannah for English Touring Opera,
Don Alfonso in
Cosi Fan Tutte for Opera By Definition and
Germont in Verdi’s
La Traviata
for Opéra en Plein Air in Paris and Idée fixe in Belgium. Anthony
worked for several seasons with the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, where
he created the role of
Hades in the commissioned work
Ghosts by Julian Philips and sang the role of
Second Prisoner in Beethoven’s
Fidelio.
At Glyndebourne, Anthony also understudied several roles including
Achilla in Handel’s
Giulio Cesare,
Ferdinand in Prokofiev’s
Betrothal in a Monastery and
Guglielmo in
Cosi Fan Tutte, which he also performed for Glyndebourne On Tour. He has made several appearances on French television and radio.
Oratorio highlights in Canada for Anthony Cleverton include Charpentier’s
Te Deum and Jenkins’
The Armed Man for the Regina Philharmonic Chorus, and concerts with Toronto Choral Society. Other performances include Rossini’s
Petite Messe Solennelle in London’s St. John’s Smith Square, excerpts from Elgar’s
Dream of Gerontius with the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Tippet’s
A Child of our Time in the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.
