Otello and Tristan, two of the most demanding roles in the tenor repertory, feature prominently in the schedule of British tenor David Rendall.
David studied at the Royal Academy of Music and in Salzburg. His career has taken him to the world's leading opera houses and concert halls, where his roles include Idomeneo, Tito, Belmonte, Alfredo, Matteo, David, Lensky (Metropolitan New York and Santa Fe); Alfredo, Italian tenor, Duke of Mantua, Des Grieux, Matteo, Flamand, Rodolfo (Royal Opera House); Ottavio, Ernesto (San Francisco), Ferrando, Ottavio, Tamino (Paris Mozart Festival), Belmonte, Tom Rakewell (Glyndebourne) and concert appearances with Karajan, Bernstein, Levine, Barenboim, Mehta, Ozawa and many other leading conductors. In recent years, he has moved into heavier repertory, including Gabriele Adorno (ENO, Glyndebourne, Frankfurt and Essen); Alvaro (ENO); Cavaradossi (ENO and Norway); Erik (ENO); Hoffmann (Bastille and Genoa); Werther (Leipzig); Oedipus Rex (Paris and Rome); Don Jose (Genoa and ENO); Luigi Il tabarro (ENO); Manolios The Greek Passion (BBC Symphony Orchestra); his first Canio in Portland US; his first Lohengrins in Nancy and Strasbourg; Gustavus III Un ballo in maschera at the Bregenz Festival; Canio in Milwaukee and for Welsh National Opera; and title role Otello and Faust in Boito's Mefistofele (ENO).
Most recently, David has sung Otello in Glyndebourne, Hamburg, Palermo, Santiago, for his debut at La Scala Milan, and at the Dresden Festival; Manrico Il trovatore in Copenhagen and for WNO; Erik Der fliegende Holländer for the Canadian Opera Company and in Bordeaux; Cavaradossi for Scottish Opera and in Valencia; Don Jose for ENO; Gustavus III for Hamburg and Copenhagen; Zivny in Janácek's Osud in Amsterdam; Pinkerton for WNO, Canio I Pagliacci at the Royal Albert Hall; Tristan for ENO and in Tbilisi; Otello for La Scala in Japan; Prince Golitsyn Khovanshchina for ENO, Radames Aida in Copenhagen, Oedipe in Cagliari and Il Re Sakuntala in Rome On the concert platform, he has performed Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with Edo de Waart; Mahler's Eighth Symphony with Kazushi Ono in Belfast; Dvorak's Requiem with the Royal Scottish national Orchestra, Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius with LSO/Sir Colin Davis, also recorded, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Mahler’s Song of the Earth for the Royal Ballet.
Current and future engagements include Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra, Des Grieux Manon Lescaut and Gustav Ballo in Maschera in Cagliari and Mahler's Song of the Earth for the Royal Ballet.
David Rendall's many recordings include Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (Walter Weller/Chandos), Bruckner's Te Deum (Daniel Barenboim/Deutsche Grammophon), Elgar's The Apostles (Richard Hickox/Chandos), Handel's Ariodante (Raymond Leppard/Phillips), the world premiere recording of Korngold's Die Kathrin (Martyn Brabbins/CPO), Mozart's Requiem (Barenboim/EMI), Mozart's Cosi fan tutte (Alain Lombard/Erato), Puccini's La rondine (Lorin Maazel/Sony) and the musical comedies Kismet , Song of Norway and The Student Prince (all for That's Entertainment Records). Video recordings include Donizetti's Maria Stuarda (Charles Mackerras/English National Opera).
This season David has sung Verdi Requiem with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Riccardo Un Ballo in Maschera at Teatro Municipal de Santiago di Chile. Engagements in 2008/09 season will include Tannhäuser with Santiago.
David Rendall is represented by Intermusica.
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