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Christopher Purves
Details
Position: Singer
Voice: Baritone
Nationality: English
Born in Cambridge, England, he was a Choral Scholar at King’s College, Cambridge where he studied English. In 2012 he received the South Bank Sky Arts opera award for La damnation de Faust at ENO.
Performances
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 01 July 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 05 July 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 07 July 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 14 July 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 18 July 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 22 July 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 27 July 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 02 August 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 04 August 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 09 August 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 16 August 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 19 August 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 24 August 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 26 August 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 21 May 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 24 May 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 30 May 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 03 June 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 06 June 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 09 June 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 12 June 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 21 June 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 24 June 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 27 June 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 01 July 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 04 July 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 08 July 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 11 July 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Saul/Apparition of Samuel / Saul, 23 July 2015 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Saul/Apparition of Samuel / Saul, 26 July 2015 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Saul/Apparition of Samuel / Saul, 29 July 2015 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Saul/Apparition of Samuel / Saul, 1 August 2015 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Saul/Apparition of Samuel / Saul, 17 August 2015 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Saul/Apparition of Samuel / Saul, 20 August 2015 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Saul/Apparition of Samuel / Saul, 22 August 2015 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Saul/Apparition of Samuel / Saul, 25 August 2015 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Saul/Apparition of Samuel / Saul, 27 August 2015 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Saul/Apparition of Samuel / Saul, 29 August 2015 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 12 June 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 16 June 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 18 June 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 22 June 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 25 June 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 29 June 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 2 July 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 9 July 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 13 July 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 16 July 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 22 July 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 28 July 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 31 July 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 30 June 2018 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 04 July 2018 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 07 July 2018 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 11 July 2018 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 17 July 2018 at Royal Albert Hall, London view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 17 July 2018 at Royal Albert Hall, London view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 21 July 2018 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 23 July 2018 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 26 July 2018 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 29 July 2018 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 01 August 2018 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 04 August 2018 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 06 August 2018 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 09 August 2018 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 18 May 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 22 May 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 25 May 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 30 May 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 02 June 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 06 June 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 09 June 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 15 June 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 19 June 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 22 June 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 27 June 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 05 July 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 10 July 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Details
Position: Singer
Voice: Baritone
Nationality: English
Born in Cambridge, England, he was a Choral Scholar at King’s College, Cambridge where he studied English. In 2012 he received the South Bank Sky Arts opera award for La damnation de Faust at ENO.
Performances
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 01 July 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 05 July 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 07 July 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 14 July 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 18 July 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 22 July 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 27 July 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 02 August 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 04 August 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 09 August 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 16 August 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 19 August 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 24 August 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Bass soloist / St Matthew Passion, 26 August 2007 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 21 May 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 24 May 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 30 May 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 03 June 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 06 June 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 09 June 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 12 June 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 21 June 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 24 June 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 27 June 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 01 July 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 04 July 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 08 July 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Sir John Falstaff / Falstaff, 11 July 2009 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Saul/Apparition of Samuel / Saul, 23 July 2015 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Saul/Apparition of Samuel / Saul, 26 July 2015 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Saul/Apparition of Samuel / Saul, 29 July 2015 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Saul/Apparition of Samuel / Saul, 1 August 2015 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Saul/Apparition of Samuel / Saul, 17 August 2015 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Saul/Apparition of Samuel / Saul, 20 August 2015 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Saul/Apparition of Samuel / Saul, 22 August 2015 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Saul/Apparition of Samuel / Saul, 25 August 2015 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Saul/Apparition of Samuel / Saul, 27 August 2015 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Saul/Apparition of Samuel / Saul, 29 August 2015 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 12 June 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 16 June 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 18 June 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 22 June 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 25 June 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 29 June 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 2 July 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 9 July 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 13 July 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 16 July 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 22 July 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 28 July 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Forester / The Cunning Little Vixen, 31 July 2016 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 30 June 2018 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 04 July 2018 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 07 July 2018 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 11 July 2018 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 17 July 2018 at Royal Albert Hall, London view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 17 July 2018 at Royal Albert Hall, London view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 21 July 2018 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 23 July 2018 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 26 July 2018 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 29 July 2018 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 01 August 2018 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 04 August 2018 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 06 August 2018 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Golaud / Pelleas et Melisande, 09 August 2018 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 18 May 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 22 May 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 25 May 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 30 May 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 02 June 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 06 June 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 09 June 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 15 June 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 19 June 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 22 June 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 27 June 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 05 July 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Mephistopheles / La damnation de Faust, 10 July 2019 at Glyndebourne view performance details