- Rodney Clarke
Rodney Clarke is a
bass-baritone opera singer of Jamaican origin.Education
Clarke was educated at
Dulwich College between 1989 and 1996. [ [http://www.dulwich.org.uk/OA_News_1.aspx?news=8:232&id=1:29433&id=1:29431 Dulwich College] ] After leaving the College he studied at theRoyal Academy of Music where he sang "Buonafede Il mondo della luna" and "Forester Vixen" (conducted by Mackerras). [ [http://www.dulwich.org.uk/OA_News_1.aspx?news=8:2410&id=1:29433&id=1:29431 Dulwich College] ] Whilst at the Royal Academy he was the winner of the Richard Lewis/Jean Shanks Award 2001 and recipient of aPeter Moores Scholarship. [ [http://www.rodneyclarke.com/main.html Official Rodney Clarke Biography] ]Career after the
Royal Academy of Music After his time at the Royal Academy, Clarke's operatic engagements have included:
*Ferryman Curlew River (BBC Proms directed byGraham Vick ),
*Thoas Iphigénie en Tauride (WNO),
*Flashmob – The Opera (ABBC2 film),
*Junius The Rape of Lucretia (British Youth Opera ),
*Schmidt Palace in the Sky (ENO Baylis), and
*Mozart's Figaro (English Touring Opera ),He also appeared at
Glyndebourne and theThéâtre de Châtelet where he was conducted by another alumni of theRoyal Academy of Music ,Simon Rattle and has givenrecital s at thePurcell Room and the National Portrait Gallery [ [http://www.dulwich.org.uk/OA_News_1.aspx?news=8:2410&id=1:29433&id=1:29431 Dulwich College] ]Rodney Clarke also appeared in the film version of
The Magic Flute directed byKenneth Branagh . [ [http://www.dulwich.org.uk/OA_News_1.aspx?news=8:232&id=1:29433&id=1:29431 Dulwich College] ]References
External links
* [http://www.ram.ac.uk/default.htm Royal Academy of Music]
* [http://www.rodneyclarke.com/main.html rodneyclarke.com] Official Site
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1985486/ Rodney Clarke at IMDb]
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