Tom Raskin Tenor
Tom Raskin is consolidating a reputation as one of the UK’s most popular tenors. His repertoire, particularly in the field of Rossini and Mozart is attracting the praise of both critics and public alike, and a busy recent and future schedule has included ALMAVIVA Barbiere di Siviglia, reprising the role of OEBALUS in Mozart’s Apollo e Hyacinth and SILANGO in Gluck’s Le Cinesi at the Wigmore Hall and Cheltenham Festival in 2009, and KAHERDIN Le Vin Herbé (Frank Martin) for OT Theatre, Rotterdam in June 2010.
Tom Raskin is consolidating a reputation as one of the UK’s most popular tenors. His repertoire, particularly in the field of Rossini and Mozart is attracting the praise of both critics and public alike, and a busy recent and future schedule has included ALMAVIVA Barbiere di Siviglia, reprising the role of OEBALUS in Mozart’s Apollo e Hyacinth and SILANGO in Gluck’s Le Cinesi at the Wigmore Hall and Cheltenham Festival in 2009, and KAHERDIN Le Vin Herbé (Frank Martin) for OT Theatre, Rotterdam in June 2010.
Born in Bath, Tom studied at the Royal Northern College of Music in London, before going on to become a Britten-Pears Young Artist, studying with both Andreas Scholl and Richard Egarr during his time at Aldeburgh. In 2000 he was awarded the Anne Ziegler Prize, followed by the Freckleton Prize in 2001, and has been the recipient of a major Scholarship from the Peter Moores Foundation since 2000 which has funded study both in Italy and London.
Highlights of his operatic career so far have included L’ATHELÈTE Castor et Pollux, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner at the Salle Pleyel, CONTE Conte d’Ory and APPOLONIA in Haydn’s La Canterina for New Chamber Opera, FENTON Falstaff at the Belle-Ile Festival, BULLFIGHTER in Golitsov’s Ainadamar with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, TRUFFALDINO in L'Amour des trois oranges, RODERICK in Philip Glass’ The Fall of the House of Usher in Oxford, and PATACHA in Chabrier’s L’Etoile for Opéra de Nimes.
His international concert appearances have included St Mark's Basilica, Venice for Monteverdi Vespers, Lille for B Minor Mass, and Siberia for Messiah in the Novisibirsk Festival, in addition to Malta for an Opera Gala.
In the UK he has sung regularly for the London Handel Festival at St George’s, Hanover Square, Mozart’s Requiem, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solenelle, and most recently Handel’s L’Allegro in Cambridge. Other recent successes have included DON RAMIRO Cenerentola for the Mananan International Festival, RALPH RACKSTRAW in Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore for Opera della Luna and LIONEL in Flotow’s Martha for Opera South.
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