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Born in Cambridge, Adrian Powter studied at the RNCM. He began his career at Glyndebourne and in 2000 created Philip in Harrison Birtwistle’s The Last Supper at the Deutsche Staatsoper, Berlin, a production, which was later presented by Glyndebourne Festival and Touring Operas. Other roles have included The Abbot Curlew River for the Aldeburgh Foundation in Japan and for the Opéra de Rouen, Jupiter Peleus and Thetis and The Lion Pyramus and Thisbe for Opera Restor’d, Peter Hansel and Gretel for Cork Opera Works, The Forester The Cunning Little Vixen for Surrey Opera, Guglielmo Così fan tutte, Figaro Figaro’s Wedding and Baron Douphol La Traviata for Opera Project, the title-role in Don Giovanni for London Opera Players, Figaro Figaro’s Wedding and Orsini Rienzi for Palace Opera, Schaunard La bohème for Castleward Opera and Longborough Festival Opera, Bonario La capricciosa corretta for Bampton Classical Opera, Dr Falke Die Fledermaus, Giuseppe The Gondoliers and Pish-Tush The Mikado for Carl Rosa Opera and Marullo Rigoletto for Mid-Wales Opera.

In concert, Adrian Powter has appeared throughout the UK as well as in Germany, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, and Singapore singing with the Academy of Ancient Music, the Apollo Chamber Orchestra, the Darmstadt Hofkapelle, the English Symphony Orchestra, the Hallé, the London Soloists’ Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under conductors including William Boughton, David Chernaik, Edward Higginbottom, Libor Pešek and Kent Nagano. His broadcasts have included Friday Night is Music Night with Catherine Bott and the BBC Concert Orchestra for BBC Radio 2 and Opera Works, a series of opera masterclasses with Jonathan Miller, for BBC 2. He also sang Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen on tour with the Rambert Dance Company and with the London Soloists’ Chamber Orchestra at the Purcell Room,

Recent engagements have included Capulet in Benda’s Romeo and Juliet for Bampton Classical Opera, Pluto L’Orfeo for the English Bach Festival Trust, The Mayor Cendrillon for Chelsea Opera Group, Guglielmo Così fan tutte for Stowe Opera, Masetto Don Giovanni for English Touring Opera, Ramiro L’heure espagnole for Opera Project, Dandini La cenerentola at the Kijani Kenya Festival, Frank Die Fledermaus for Scottish Opera Go Round and Scottish Opera On Tour, Messiah for Raymond Gubbay Ltd at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, and The Lost Chord for Opera North.

Recent and current engagements include Philip The Last Supper for the London Sinfonietta, de Brétigny Manon, Benoit – Alcindoro La bohème, Taddeo L’Italiana in Algeri and Baron Douphol La traviata for Scottish Opera, Rocco Leonora (Paer) for Bampton Classical Opera, J. S. Bach Coffee Cantata and Peasant Cantata on tour with the Israel Camerata, Beethoven Symphony No. 9 for the International Festival Chorus at the Forbidden City Concert Hall and Eternal Light: A Requiem for Rambert Dance Company, as well as a wide range of concerts throughout the UK.

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