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Michael Chance (Counter-tenor) |
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Born: March 7, 1955 - Penn Bucks, England |
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The English counter-tenor, Michael Chance, was a choral scholar at King's College, Cambridge, where he read English. He has subsequently developed a career which spans opera, oratorio, recitals and recordings and he is now regarded as one of the world's leading and most-sought-after counter-tenors.
Michael Chance’s stage roles have included Andronico in George Frideric Handel's Tamerlano with Lyon Opera; Ptolomeo in G.F. Handel's Giulio Cesare at the Paris Opera; Cavalli's Giasone for the Innsbruck Festival; Oberon in Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream for the Glyndebourne Festival; Ottone in G.F. Handel's Agrippina, Ottone in The Coronation of Poppea, Military Governor in Judith Weir's A Night at the Chinese Opera) at Kent Opera; Apollo in B. Britten's Death in Venice for Glyndebourne Touring Opera, Covent Garden, and the 1992 Glyndebourne Festival; Monteverdi's Il Ritorno d'Ulisse with the Netherlands Opera and the English National Opera and Rinaldo in Lisbon with Teresa Berganza. His television appearances have included A Night at the Chinese Opera and Death in Venice.
Michael Chance's concert performances have taken him all over the world: from New York's Lincoln Center, to the leading venues throughout Western Europe, to Moscow, Budapest, East Berlin and Japan. Among the conductors with whom he performs regularly are Frans Brüggen, John Eliot Gardiner, Franz Welser-Möst, Gustav Leonhardt, Jane Glover, Trevor Pinnock and Nicholas Kraemer.
Michael Chance has made well over 70 recordings.
Michael Chance is also an acclaimed voice teacher. Among his pupils and/or singers who have attended his master-classes: Lauren Armishaw (Soprano), Robert Buckland (Tenor), Alois Mühlbacher (Counter-tenor), Bart Uvyn (Counter-tenor). |
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Sources:
Hyperion
Contributed by Galina Kolomietz (February 2001) Website |
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Michael Chance : Short Biography | General Discussions |
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Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works |
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Conductor |
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Works |
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Under his name |
Alto |
Solo recital “The Art of Counter-tenor”: includes, inter alia, selections from BWV 106, BWV 147, BWV 198, BWV 232, BWV 244, BWV 245 |
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Frieder Bernius |
Alto |
BWV 206, BWV 207a |
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Frans Brüggen |
Alto |
BWV 232 [1st]
V-8 (2010): BWV 245 [2nd recording]
V-6 (2010): BWV 245 [3rd recording]
BWV 249 |
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Stephen Cleobury |
Alto |
BWV 12, BWV 234, BWV 243, BWV 244
V-3 (1996): BWV 245 [1st recording] |
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John Eliot Gardiner |
Alto |
BWV 11 [1st], BWV 37 [1st], BWV 43 [1st], BWV 66, BWV 106 [1st], BWV 147, BWV 198
BCP: BWV 9, BWV 70, BWV 124, BWV 132, BWV 147, BWV 154, BWV 170
BWV 232 [1st], BWV 244, BWV 245 [1st] |
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John Eliot Gardiner |
Alto |
Member of Monteverdi Choir:
E-2 (1980): BWV 4 [1st], BWV 131 [1st]
[E-3] (1983): BWV 243 [1st recording]
BWV 232 [1st, 1985], BWV 245 [1st, 1986] |
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Thomas Hengelbrock |
Alto |
BWV 1083 |
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Philippe Herreweghe |
Alto |
BWV 248 [1st] |
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Richard Hickox |
Alto |
BWV 243 |
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Monica Huggett |
Alto |
DVD: Aria from BWV 170 (w/ Ensemble Sonnerie) |
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Ton Koopman |
Alto |
BWV 2, BWV 20, BWV 44, BWV 101, BWV 119, BWV 130, BWV 134, BWV 134a, BWV 180, BWV 193
BWV 244 [2nd] |
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Erik Van Nevel |
Alto |
[V-3] (2016): BWV 244 |
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Paolo Pandolfo [viola da gamba] |
Alto |
[H-2] (2010): Aria BWV 245/30 |
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Philip Pickett |
Alto |
BWV 248 |
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Purcell Quartet |
Alto |
BWV 4, BWV 12, BWV 18, BWV 21, BWV 61, BWV 106, BWV 131, BWV 161, BWV 172, BWV 182, BWV 196, BWV 233, BWV 236 |
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Simon Rattle |
Alto |
BWV 245 [1st, DVD] |
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Daniel Reuss |
Alto |
V-5 (2013): BWV 233, BWV 249 |
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Links to other Sites |
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Michael Chance - Countertenor (Official Homepage)
Michael Chance - countertenor (Hyperion)
Michael Chance, countertenor (Bach Collegium Japan)
Michael Chance (City Choir)
Michael Chance (Warsaw Autumn 2001)
Chance, Michael (ArtsWorld)
Fretwork with Michael Chance
Raphi's Serious Singers List : Countertenors : Michael Chance |
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