Season highlights
Schaunard La bohème
Opernhaus Zürich
Marcello La bohème
Komische Oper
Harlequin Ariadne auf Naxos
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
Prince of Mantua Fantasio
Garsington Opera
Opera repertoire
Donizetti
Malatesta Don Pasquale*
Belcore L'Elisir d’Amore*
Monteverdi
Orfeo L’Orfeo*
Mozart
Count Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro*
Guglielmo Così fan tutte*
Papageno Die Zauberflöte
Ravel
Ramiro L'Heure espagnole
Rossini
Figaro*/Fiorello Il barbiere di Siviglia
Strauss
Harlequin Ariadne auf Naxos
Dr Falke Die Fledermaus
*In preparation
Concert repertoire
Bach
Christus St John Passion
Brahms
Requiem
Fauré
Requiem
Handel
Alexander's Feast
Haydn
Nelson Mass
Nicolai Mass
Stainer
Crucifixion
Stanford
Songs of the Sea
The Times"Audience participation at the opera isn’t common and definitely doesn’t happen in foreign languages, but spectators at the second production of Covent Garden’s new season were far too enamoured with the charming house debutant Huw Montague Rendall to worry about their accents. Ja oder nein? Nein, the crowd roared back at him. It was the only time he looked a little flustered"..."The baritone’s spoken and sung German is crisp and snappy, his baritone on the lighter side but warm-toned, and his physical comedy exuberant."
Bachtrack"Vocally, the evening was in good hands, starting from Huw Montague Rendall’s Fiorello, who, in his Proms debut, showed an exciting stage presence and honeyed baritone that demonstrated that he is a Figaro to watch for in the future."
Classical Source"Huw Montague Rendall was a consummately suave, personable Falke, his singing and acting equally authoritative, and he was light on his feet in all the banter."