- Teddy Tahu Rhodes
Teddy Tahu Rhodes is a
New Zealand opera ticbaritone .Career
Tahu Rhodes studied with Mary Adams Taylor, Rudolf Piernay, and David Harper. In 1999 Tahu Rhodes represented New Zealand in the
Cardiff Singer of the World competition . He made his Australian debut in 1998 as Dandini in "La cenerentola " withOpera Australia .He has sung in several world and Australian premiere performances such "
The End of the Affair " (Bendrix) and "Dead Man Walking" (Joe) byJake Heggie , "The Little Prince" byRachel Portman (The Pilot) as well as inNigel Butterley ’s "Spell of Creation" andBarry Conyngham ’s "Fix". His wide variety of other opera roles have included Mozart's Count Almaviva, Guglielmo, Papageno andDon Giovanni ; Demetrius in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"; Belcore in "L'elisir d'amore "; Billy in "Billy Budd"; Lescaut in "Manon Lescaut"; Stanley in "A Streetcar Named Desire"; Escamillo in "Carmen "; Al Kasim inHenze ’s "L'upupa"; Silvio in "Pagliacci ", Harlequin in "Ariadne auf Naxos " and Leandro in "The Love for Three Oranges ".Amongst the prominent opera companies and theatres in which he has performed are
Opera Australia ,San Francisco Opera ,Austin Lyric Opera ,Washington National Opera ,Opera Company of Philadelphia ,Dallas Opera ,Cincinnati Opera ,Houston Grand Opera ,Hamburg State Opera ,Bayerische Staatsoper inMunich ,Welsh National Opera ,Scottish Opera , theThéâtre du Châtelet inParis , theSanta Fe Opera , and theTheater an der Wien inVienna .In
oratorio and choral works, he has appeared as the baritone soloist in performances of "Handel's Messiah" with the Melbourne Symphony and Sydney Philharmonia Choir, and in Fauré's "Requiem" with theLondon Philharmonic .Awards
Tahu Rhodes has been the recipient of several major awards. In 2004 he received both an
ARIA award for best classical recording for his CD "The Voice", and a Helpman Award for best male operatic performer for his role in "Dead Man Walking". In 2006 he was the winner of the Limelight Award for 'Best Performance by a Soloist with an Orchestra' for his Australian tour with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.Discography
Teddy Tahu Rhodes' recordings include several recital discs on
ABC Classics including "Mozart Arias" with theTasmanian Symphony Orchestra , "The Voice", a collection of arias and songs, and "Vagabond" a collection of songs and song cycles includingRalph Vaughan Williams 'Songs of Travel ' with pianist Sharolyn Kimmorley. Also in his discography is the ABC Classics recording of Handel's "Messiah", Fauré's "Requiem" and "Musical Renegades" with the Australian Chamber Orchestra (on both CD and DVD).ource
[http://www.deadmanwalking.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=32 Artist Biography:Teddy Tahu Rhodes] , for the 2007 Australian production of "Deadman Walking". Accessed 28 July 2008.
External links
* [http://www.askonasholt.co.uk/Green/Green/Home.nsf/Lookup5a/Teddy+Tahu+Rhodes Teddy Tahu Rhodes artist's page] , Askonas Holt Ltd.
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