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Photo: Peter Mould

Chris Swithinbank

Primary Skill:

Bass-Baritone

Nationality:

British

Country:

United Kingdom

Languages (fluent):

English, Italian, German, French

Opera

Dr. Grenville
La Traviata (Verdi)
Instant Opera
2023
Chorus
La Forza del Destino (Verdi)
Regents Opera
2022
Chorus
Nabucco (Verdi)
Regents Opera
2022
Il Commendatore
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Ensemble OrQuesta
2022
Benoît Alcindoro
La Bohème (Puccini)
Hastings Philharmonic
2022
Benoît/Alcindoro
La Bohème (Puccini)
Putney Festival Opera
2022
Chorus
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti)
Instant Opera
2022
Daland
Der Fliegender Hollander (Wagner)
Rose Opera
2021
Bartolo
Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
Ensemble Orquesta
2021
Chorus
Der Fliegender Hollander (Wagner)
Rose Opera
2020
Huascar and Osman
Les Indes Galantes (Rameau)
Ensemble Orquesta
2019
Sergeant/solo scavenger/chorus
La Bohème (Puccini)
Hampstead Garden Opera
2019

Contemporary Opera

The Wizard Mystah Byegee
The Crocodile of Old Kang Pow (Darren Berry)
The Playground Theatre
2022

Chorus

Choral

Bass soloist
Laudes Animatum (Kenneth Leighton)
Londinium Voices
2018

Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled

“I know not why”by P.N.Edmonds

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ARCM
Royal College of Music
1976–1979

Future engagements:
2025: Morales/Le Dancaïre/Chorus in Carmen (Opera Integra)
Recent appearances have included:
Benoît/Alcindoro in La Bohème (Opera Greenwich)
In 2024 Un Sagrestano/Sciarrone in Tosca (Rose Opera);
Cadmus/Somnus in Semele (Cockpit Theatre, Ensemble OrQuesta);
October 2023 Dottore Grenvil/Chorus (Germont cover) in La Traviata (Instant Opera);
Sept 2023 Patrick/Heger/Rochester cover in Brontë by Lisa Logan at Grimeborn (Arcola)
June 2023 Melisso in Alcina (Ensemble OrQuesta);
May 2023 Londinium’s cd launch concert: Every Living Creature, featuring works by Kenneth Leighton;
Leander in The love for three Oranges (Regents Opera workshop);
Singer with Londinium in “Tribute to Sir Harrison Birtwistle” with London Sinfonietta at the Queen Elizabeth Hall,
Singer in London Euphony Choir in “Libera Nos” (Polo Piatti) world première at De La Warr Pavilion,
Chorus in Lucia di Lammamoor (Instant Opera), The Wizard Mystah Byegee in The Crocodile of Old King Pow for Tête-à-Tête. Dartington 2022 with Stile Antico and Advanced Vocal Masterclasses with James Gilchrist.
Benoît/Alcindoro in La Bohème (Putney Festival), Benoît/Alcindoro in La Bohème (Hastings Philharmonic dir. Marcio da Silva), Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni (Ensemble Orquesta), Chorus in Nabucco and La Forza del Destino (Regents Opera)
In 2021: Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figaro (Ensemble OrQuesta).
Previous experience:
Chorus in La Bohème (Hampstead Garden Opera), the roles of Osman and Huascar in Les Indes Galantes (Ensemble OrQuesta) and Chorus & Cover for Daland in Der Fliegender Holländer (Rose Opera).
A founding member of “Incantation”, the chart-topping world music group of the 1980’s , Chris worked for 12 years as Company Pianist for Rambert Dance Company and currently works as a guest pianist for English National Ballet.

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