Stephen Varcoe

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Stephen Varcoe
Born
Christopher Stephen Varcoe

(1949-05-19) 19 May 1949 (age 75)
Lostwithiel, Cornwall
Education
OccupationClassical bass-baritone
OrganizationBetty Roe Society

Christopher Stephen Varcoe (born 19 May 1949 in Lostwithiel, Cornwall) is an English classical bass-baritone singer, appearing internationally in opera and concert, known for Baroque and contemporary music and a notable singer of Lieder.

Professional career

Stephen Varcoe was educated at

Gulbenkian Foundation.[1]

On the opera stage he appeared in Haydn's

Savitri, Demetrius in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Salieri in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
's Mozart & Salieri.

He performed Alexander Goehr's Sonata About Jerusalem with Oliver Knussen and the Schoenberg Ensemble, Bach's St Matthew Passion with Trevor Pinnock, Ralph Vaughan Williams' Sir John In Love with Richard Hickox and the Northern Sinfonia, and Schubert's Mass in E flat major with Roger Norrington and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.[1]

In the field of

Anthony Rolfe-Johnson.[3] He also recorded with the group Bach's St John Passion and St Matthew Passion and participated in the group's Bach Cantata Pilgrimage in 2000. He recorded Bach's Magnificat and Mass in B minor with Hickox and the Collegium Musicum 90.[4]

His recording of songs of Charles Villiers Stanford with pianist Clifford Benson was acclaimed in the International Record Review in 2000:

He sounds as if he has been singing Stanford all his life, and his warm, natural baritone, finely judged legato and sensitivity to words are a joy throughout.[5]

Varcoe wrote a book on the art of singing English song: Sing English Song: a practical approach to the language and the repertoire.[6]

He was appointed the President of the Betty Roe Society in 2010.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Stephen Varcoe (Bass-Baritone)". bach-cantatas.com. 2006. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Hans-Martin Linde Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works". bach-cantatas.com. 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Cantata BWV 140 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme". bach-cantatas.com. 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Richard Hickox & Collegium Musicum 90 Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Work". bach-cantatas.com. 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  5. ^ "Songs Vol 1 / Stephen Varcoe, Clifford Benson". arkivmusic.com. 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  6. ISBN 0-905210-73-5
    .
  7. ^ Iain Sneddon (November 2010). "Let me Introduce Betty Roe". Musical Opinion.

External links

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